---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising: business location representations: floral businesses."
description: "Existing law provides for the regulation of advertising in this state and makes certain advertising practices unlawful. A violation of the provisions regulating advertising is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1581"
citation: "California AB 1581 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising: business location representations: floral businesses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-02"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6ea3ae4-412d-427b-b3c6-2df6a60d30d9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1581"
source_hash: "ed131f5812741c058415be0480caa19436998931f1ace0ecc9d39cdcc013997e"
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 AB 1581 (20112012) — Advertising: business location representations: floral businesses.

Existing law provides for the regulation of advertising in this state and makes certain advertising practices unlawful. A violation of the provisions regulating advertising is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/02/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1581&version=20110AB158199INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1581&version=20110AB158198AMD)
3. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1581&version=20110AB158197AMD)
4. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1581&version=20110AB158195CHP)
5. **AB1581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1581)
6. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1581&version=20110AB158196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1581 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — **60–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1581 Wieckowski By Wolk — **29–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)
- Wolk — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2012-02-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 11. Page 4671.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 4471.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6ea3ae4-412d-427b-b3c6-2df6a60d30d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).