SACRAMENTO – (INT) – Governor Brown has signed five bills, but vetoed another.

One bill raises California’s smoking age to 21 while another tightens vaping rules.

Signed into law:
· ABX2-7 by Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley) – Smoking in the workplace.
· ABX2-9 by Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) – Tobacco use programs.
· ABX2-11 by Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) – Cigarette and tobacco product licensing: fees and funding.
· SBX2-5 by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) – Electronic cigarettes.
· SBX2-7 by Senator Ed Hernandez (D-Azusa) – Tobacco products: minimum legal age.

Governor Brown has vetoed the following bill:

· ABX2-10 by Assemblymember Richard H. Bloom (D-Santa Monica) – Local taxes: authorization: cigarettes and tobacco products

Story Date: May 9, 2016