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Bill Documents: notaries public: solicitations. (1) Existing law makes it unlawful for a nongovernmental entity to solicit funds or information by means of a mailing, electronic message, or Internet Web site that contains a seal, insignia, trade, or brand name, or any other term or symbol that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as implying any state or local government connection, approval, or endorsement, unless the nongovernmental entity has an expressed connection with a state or local entity or unless the solicitation contains specified disclosures in conspicuous and legible type. Existing law requires a business to include the contact information for a referenced governmental agency in an unsolicited mailing that offers to assist the recipient in dealing with the governmental agency. A violation of these or other provisions related to advertising is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both. us/states/ca California Legislature 20112012 AB 75 California AB 75 (20112012)
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California AB 75 (20112012) — Documents: notaries public: solicitations.

(1) Existing law makes it unlawful for a nongovernmental entity to solicit funds or information by means of a mailing, electronic message, or Internet Web site that contains a seal, insignia, trade, or brand name, or any other term or symbol that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as implying any state or local government connection, approval, or endorsement, unless the nongovernmental entity has an expressed connection with a state or local entity or unless the solicitation contains specified disclosures in conspicuous and legible type. Existing law requires a business to include the contact information for a referenced governmental agency in an unsolicited mailing that offers to assist the recipient in dealing with the governmental agency. A violation of these or other provisions related to advertising is a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 6 months, a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.

Version chain

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

  1. 12/22/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/10/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/07/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB75 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/24/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. — 170 (pass) · lower
  • AB 75 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 5617 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 80 (pass) · lower
  • AB 75 HILL Assembly Third Reading — 674 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 52 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading AB75 Hill By Leno — 2414 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 40 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hill — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2010-12-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
  • 2010-12-23 From printer. May be heard in committee January 22.
  • 2011-01-03 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2011-01-27 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
  • 2011-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2011-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 4. Page 1348.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2011-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2011-05-26 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2011-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2011-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
  • 2011-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2011-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
  • 2011-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2011-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 1960.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2011-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2011-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 2485.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2011-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2011-09-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2011-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44d08a84-ab6b-472c-9ea6-da4c1ebcfaf3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).