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AB-1107 • 2026

Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003: nitrous oxide: licensure.

Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003: nitrous oxide: licensure.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Flora
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text and summaries do not provide details on what happens after the suspension period ends, leaving this as an open question.

Licensing for Nitrous Oxide Sales

This law requires businesses that sell or distribute nitrous oxide to get a special license and suspends their license if they violate certain rules after being previously convicted.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires businesses that sell or distribute nitrous oxide to obtain a business license from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
  • Suspends the business license for up to one year if a person knowingly violates laws about distributing nitrous oxide after having been previously convicted of such violations.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Businesses that sell or distribute nitrous oxide
  • People who have broken laws about selling nitrous oxide before

Terms To Know

License
A special permission from the government to do a certain business activity.
Suspension
When something is stopped for a short time, like taking away a license for up to one year.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens after the suspension period ends.
  • It's unclear how this will affect businesses that have already been convicted of nitrous oxide violations.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Held under submission.

  4. 2025-05-07 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  5. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  7. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  8. 2025-03-13 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and PUB. S.

  9. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  10. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1107, as introduced, Flora.
Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003: nitrous oxide: licensure.
Existing law, the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003, requires the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to issue a license to a retailer to engage in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products upon receipt of a completed application and payment of certain fees unless any of certain exceptions apply. Existing law subjects licenses issued by the act to suspension or revocation for specified violations.
Existing law prohibits a person from dispensing or distributing nitrous oxide to a person if the distributor knows or should know that the person is going to use the nitrous oxide for certain unlawful purposes and that person proximately causes great bodily injury or death to that person or another person. Existing law also requires a person who dispenses or distributes nitrous oxide to record each transaction
involving the dispensing or distribution of nitrous oxide in a written or electronic document, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of either of these provisions a misdemeanor.
This bill would require a court to order the suspension, for up to one year, of the business license of a person who knowingly violates either of those provisions after having been previously convicted of a violation of the respective provision, except as specified.
This bill would specify violations subjecting licenses to suspension or revocation include, among others, the crimes above, as specified. The bill would exempt from the license issuance requirement the issuance of a license to a retailer who has been convicted of specified crimes relating to the distribution of nitrous oxide, including the misdemeanors described above.

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