Existing law makes it a crime for a person who knowingly advertises or offers for sale or resale, or sells or resells, or causes the rental, sale, or resale of, or rents, or manufacturers, or possesses for these purposes, any recording or audiovisual work, the outside cover, box, jacket, or label of which does not clearly and conspicuously disclose the actual true name and address of the manufacturer of the recording or audiovisual work and the name of the actual author, artist, performer, producer, programmer, or group, as specified. If the offense involves at least 100 articles of audio recordings or 100 articles of audiovisual works, existing law makes the offense punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.
California AB 2122 (20132014) — Crimes: audiovisual work: recordings.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person who knowingly advertises or offers for sale or resale, or sells or resells, or causes the rental, sale, or resale of, or rents, or manufacturers, or possesses for these purposes, any recording or audiovisual work, the outside cover, box, jacket, or label of which does not clearly and conspicuously disclose the actual true name and address of the manufacturer of the recording or audiovisual work and the name of the actual author, artist, performer, producer, programmer, or group, as specified. If the offense involves at least 100 articles of audio recordings or 100 articles of audiovisual works, existing law makes the offense punishable as a misdemeanor or a felony.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2122 BOCANEGRA Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Bocanegra — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-04-09 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4600.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-06-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2014-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4417.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-12 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-08-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 857, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c99fcbc2-8ef7-4f74-a4a6-60dfa998c369. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).