CaliforniaCalifornia tobacco retailers must display lung cancer screening signs
California’s health department must offer free lung cancer screening signs, and tobacco retailers must display them starting in January 2028.
What it does
The department must offer lung cancer screening signs at no cost, with information on who may qualify and how to reach Kick It California for help quitting tobacco.
Starting in 2028, retailers must clearly display the lung cancer screening sign at every retail location.
Retailers could be charged $500 for each location where they fail to display the sign; three other specified penalties do not apply to this violation.
Argument forShoppers could see screening eligibility and effectiveness information, plus a quitline contact, where tobacco products are sold.
Argument againstRetailers could face a $500 penalty for each location where signage is missing, even if they do not sell products directly tied to lung cancer screening.
More detail
The State Department of Public Health must provide lung cancer screening awareness signs at no cost. The signs must include screening eligibility and effectiveness information, the Kick It California toll-free number, and a QR code linking to the program’s department website page. The sign may instead use a QR code linking to all required information. The department may create signs, use existing materials, or work with an existing campaign. The department must make the signs available by July 1, 2027. They must be no larger than 8.5 by 4 inches.
Retailers must clearly display the sign at each retail location. This requirement applies to each retail location covered by the bill’s definition of a retailer. The display requirement begins January 1, 2028.
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration must issue a $500 civil penalty for a retailer’s failure to display the sign. The penalty is $500 for each offense at a retail location where a retailer fails to display the sign. The agency issues the penalty when it discovers a location without the required sign, using procedures for a related existing penalty. A retailer is not subject to three specified other penalties for this display violation. The penalty applies to failures to display the sign under the requirement that begins January 1, 2028.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 28Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 726, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 28Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 3Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 27Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 6017.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1124 Archuleta et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 25In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1124 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Garcia. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 4. Page 6495.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jun 25Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 24From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 23).Major
- Jun 23
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 4Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- May 27In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB1124 Archuleta et al. Result: pass.Upper
- May 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 4508.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 14Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4265.) (May 14).Minor
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- May 4May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 28Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 27Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4010.) (April 22).Major
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4015.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 16Set for hearing April 22 in HEALTH pending receipt.
- Apr 16Set for hearing April 22.
- Apr 15Re-referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and HEALTH.Minor
- Apr 9Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Apr 9Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 9April 15 hearing postponed by committee.
- Apr 8From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Major
- Mar 26Set for hearing April 15.
- Mar 25April 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 19Set for hearing April 8.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Feb 18From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- Feb 17Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced
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