republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2919.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising."
description: "Advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2919"
citation: "California AB 2919 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/894792fc-6463-4b02-80db-37a7bd60c1df"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2919"
source_hash: "ac6a916062778346e2e81c467d0ff29968edabe837b987cc228cb0b7a7458b7d"
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 2919 (20072008) — Advertising.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2919&version=20070AB291999INT)
2. **04/21/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2919&version=20070AB291998AMD)
3. **05/05/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2919&version=20070AB291997AMD)
4. **06/24/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2919&version=20070AB291996AMD)
5. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2919&version=20070AB291994CHP)
6. **AB2919** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2919)
7. **07/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2919&version=20070AB291995ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #32 AB2919 Garcia By Cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2919 GARCIA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2919 GARCIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garcia — primary (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** 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-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5273.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** 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, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4641.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6058.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 255, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/894792fc-6463-4b02-80db-37a7bd60c1df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).