Existing law provides that every building or place used for the purpose of illegal gambling, lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, and every building or place wherein or upon which these acts take place, is a nuisance that shall be enjoined, abated, and prevented, whether it is a public or private nuisance. Existing law authorizes a district attorney, city attorney, or citizen, as specified, to maintain an action to abate and prevent the nuisance and perpetually to enjoin the person conducting or maintaining it, and the owner, lessee, or agent of the building or place in or upon which the nuisance exists from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting the nuisance.
California AB 568 (20092010) — Counterfeit goods: abatement.
Existing law provides that every building or place used for the purpose of illegal gambling, lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, and every building or place wherein or upon which these acts take place, is a nuisance that shall be enjoined, abated, and prevented, whether it is a public or private nuisance. Existing law authorizes a district attorney, city attorney, or citizen, as specified, to maintain an action to abate and prevent the nuisance and perpetually to enjoin the person conducting or maintaining it, and the owner, lessee, or agent of the building or place in or upon which the nuisance exists from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting the nuisance.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Assembly 3rd Reading AB568 Lieu By Wright — pass (pass) · upper
AB 568 Lieu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
AB 568 LIEU Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lieu — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
2009-03-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2009-03-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2009-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2009-05-04 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-05-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2009-05-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-05-26 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1766.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2009-07-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2009-07-23 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-07-23 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
2009-08-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 17). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2009-08-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-04 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-09-08 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2323.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2009-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3287.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2009-09-28 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad3c13d6-b468-463d-b303-ee2ff3f2d840. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).