Bill Text: CA SB758 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public health: nitrous oxide.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Engrossed) 2026-07-01 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. [SB758 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 758
| Introduced by Senator Umberg (Coauthor: Assembly Member Addis) |
February 21, 2025 |
An act to add Section 22984 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 758, as amended, Umberg.
Public health: nitrous oxide.
(1) Existing law, the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003, requires a retailer, as defined, to hold a license from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to engage in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.
This bill would expand those provisions to prohibit a retailer from selling nitrous oxide in any retail location, subject to certain exceptions. The bill would authorize a city or county or city and county to adopt an ordinance imposing greater restrictions on the retail sale of nitrous oxide provided the ordinance does not restrict legitimate uses, as specified.
(2) By expanding the definition of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 22984 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:22984.
(a) A retailer shall not sell nitrous oxide, as defined in Section 381c of the Penal Code, at a retail location. For purposes of this section, a retailer does not include a grocery store or a general retail merchandise store with a grocery department, as defined in Section 7100 of the Civil(b) A city or
county, or city and county, may adopt an ordinance imposing greater restrictions on the retail sale of nitrous oxide than those imposed by this section provided that the ordinance does not restrict legitimate uses, including, but not limited to, dentistry, food preparation, and automotive services.
