--- type: "Bill" title: "Bots: disclosure." description: "Existing law regulates various businesses to, among other things, preserve and regulate competition, prohibit unfair trade practices, and regulate advertising." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 1001" citation: "California SB 1001 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Bots: disclosure."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"] version_count: 9 action_count: 33 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2018-02-05" last_action: "2018-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84c5dfe1-1dc3-4f68-88cb-688a5e387979" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001" source_hash: "e476ecbddd6da898d253c90e844fa8007e535595347e275af90813e30a81bce0" 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 1001 (20172018) — Bots: disclosure. Existing law regulates various businesses to, among other things, preserve and regulate competition, prohibit unfair trade practices, and regulate advertising. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/05/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001&version=20170SB100199INT) 2. **03/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001&version=20170SB100198AMD) 3. **04/26/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001&version=20170SB100197AMD) 4. **05/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001&version=20170SB100196AMD) 5. **06/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001&version=20170SB100195AMD) 6. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001&version=20170SB100194AMD) 7. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001&version=20170SB100192CHP) 8. **SB1001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001) 9. **09/06/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1001&version=20170SB100193ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower - SB 1001 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By MULLIN — **64–14** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **8–1** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1001 Hertzberg et al. Concurrence — **32–7** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media] — **7–1** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **26–10** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hertzberg — primary (person) - Chu — coauthor (person) - Friedman — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8. - **2018-02-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-03-21** Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 4696.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-18** Set for hearing April 24. - **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4814.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2018-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22. - **2018-05-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-05-25** Ordered to second reading. - **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 4419.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-06-11** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2018-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-06-26** Coauthors revised. - **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-08-08** August 8 hearing postponed by committee. - **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 14. Page 6979.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 6132.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 892, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84c5dfe1-1dc3-4f68-88cb-688a5e387979`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).