republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-793.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public safety: lighters: standards: prohibition."
description: "Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to specify standards for the design of cigarette lighters using an 80% acceptance criterion with respect to safety features that prevent operation of the lighters by children 5 years of age or younger. Existing law prohibits a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a cigarette lighter that does not comply with those standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 793"
citation: "California SB 793 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Publicsafety", "lighters", "prohibition", "standards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2713dc6f-0b43-40d5-81fe-4f85155c0d82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793"
source_hash: "96d9b69369caf419d4258da39c19a4c9e87dd6f834e1914a86b6214aaa6613bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 793 (20252026) — Public safety: lighters: standards: prohibition.

Existing law requires the State Fire Marshal to specify standards for the design of cigarette lighters using an 80% acceptance criterion with respect to safety features that prevent operation of the lighters by children 5 years of age or younger. Existing law prohibits a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a cigarette lighter that does not comply with those standards.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793&version=20250SB79399INT)
2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793&version=20250SB79398AMD)
3. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793&version=20250SB79397AMD)
4. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793&version=20250SB79395CHP)
5. **SB793** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793)
6. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793&version=20250SB79396ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB793 Archuleta Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 793 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Ransom — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2025-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 704.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 943.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Referred to Coms. on E.M and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3093.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2876.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 235, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2713dc6f-0b43-40d5-81fe-4f85155c0d82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).