---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising: unsolicited cellular telephone and pager text messages."
description: "Advertising: unsolicited cellular telephone and pager text messages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1769"
citation: "California AB 1769 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising: unsolicited cellular telephone and pager text messages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leslie"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-01-09"
last_action: "2002-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ff83469-c3b3-43cc-b2b7-0dfa5bf0f6af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769"
source_hash: "0536e25db47f94650e18da2e1fb680313cb5bcca2d952bc3b97809e11ecb84bf"
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 1769 (20012002) — Advertising: unsolicited cellular telephone and pager text messages.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769&version=20010AB176999INT)
2. **03/20/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769&version=20010AB176998AMD)
3. **05/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769&version=20010AB176997AMD)
4. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769&version=20010AB176996AMD)
5. **06/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769&version=20010AB176995AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769&version=20010AB176994AMD)
7. **09/19/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769&version=20010AB176992CHP)
8. **AB1769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769)
9. **08/20/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1769&version=20010AB176993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1769 Leslie Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1769 Leslie Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1769 Leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leslie — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — principal coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 699, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7836.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5444.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5867.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2002-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ff83469-c3b3-43cc-b2b7-0dfa5bf0f6af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).