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CA SB 793

enacted

Public safety: lighters: standards: prohibition.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 793 pass?

Yes. CA SB 793 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 235, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 793 about?

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. This bill would prohibit a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a lighter, as defined, or a lighting rod or gas match, that does not comply with specified ASTM International standards, except as specified. The bill would also prohibit a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a lighter that infringes on certain intellectual property rights, except as specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 793?

Archuleta is the primary sponsor of CA SB 793.

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. This bill would prohibit a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a lighter, as defined, or a lighting rod or gas match, that does not comply with specified ASTM International standards, except as specified. The bill would also prohibit a person from selling, offering for sale, or distributing a lighter that infringes on certain intellectual property rights, except as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 235, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Archuletaauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  4. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

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  6. 2025-03-27

    Set for hearing April 8.

  7. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing April 29.

  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.

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  9. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 943.) (April 29).

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  10. 2025-05-01

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  11. 2025-05-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  12. 2025-05-08

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  13. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Coms. on E.M and JUD.

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  14. 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.

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  15. 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.

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  16. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  17. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  18. 2025-09-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  19. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3093.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  21. 2025-09-09

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  22. 2025-09-11

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2876.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  23. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  24. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  25. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 235, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • SB793Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Ashby: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2025-04-29 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-05-08 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Grove: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Rubio: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Hurtado: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-30 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bains: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-08 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Bryan: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Hart: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other

  • SB 793 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Ransom

    2025-09-09 · pass · 80-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes

  • Unfinished Business SB793 Archuleta Concurrence

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB793

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