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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Business: manufactured optical discs."
+description: "Existing law requires every person who manufactures an optical disc, as defined, for commercial purposes to permanently mark the manufactured optical disc with an identification mark or a unique identifying code, as specified. Existing law sets forth various definitions for purposes of these provisions. Existing law makes a manufacturer that violates these provisions guilty of a crime punishable by specified fines. Existing law also makes a person that engages in specified prohibited acts in violation of these provisions guilty of a crime punishable by specified fines or imprisonment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "SB 550"
+citation: "California SB 550 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business: manufactured optical discs."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2011-02-17"
+last_action: "2011-10-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8a03854-0644-4913-bd0e-7f6d7f59a0c2"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550"
+source_hash: "6d7c1b3bb289ce455e2b17a9e565495de30817535442da86f5b951caabba8ff1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 550 (20112012) — Business: manufactured optical discs.
+
+Existing law requires every person who manufactures an optical disc, as defined, for commercial purposes to permanently mark the manufactured optical disc with an identification mark or a unique identifying code, as specified. Existing law sets forth various definitions for purposes of these provisions. Existing law makes a manufacturer that violates these provisions guilty of a crime punishable by specified fines. Existing law also makes a person that engages in specified prohibited acts in violation of these provisions guilty of a crime punishable by specified fines or imprisonment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55099INT)
+2. **05/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55098AMD)
+3. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55097AMD)
+4. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55096AMD)
+5. **08/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55095AMD)
+6. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55093CHP)
+7. **SB550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550)
+8. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB550&version=20110SB55094ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading — **33–6** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **14–3** (pass) · lower
+- SB 550 Padilla Senate Third Reading By FUENTES — **56–18** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB550 Padilla Concurrence — **36–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Padilla — primary (person)
+- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
+- Butler — coauthor (person)
+- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
+- Gatto — coauthor (person)
+- Hagman — coauthor (person)
+- Liu — coauthor (person)
+- Pavley — coauthor (person)
+- Price — coauthor (person)
+- Smyth — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
+- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 11.
+- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 616.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
+- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 862.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
+- **2011-05-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2011-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 1186.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2011-06-09** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2011-08-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (August 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-08-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 2692.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 2236.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
+- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 421, Statutes of 2011.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8a03854-0644-4913-bd0e-7f6d7f59a0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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