republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1177.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Privacy: students."
description: "Existing law, on and after January 1, 2015, prohibits an operator of an Internet Web site or online service from knowingly using, disclosing, compiling, or allowing a 3rd party to use, disclose, or compile the personal information of a minor for the purpose of marketing or advertising specified types of products or services. Existing law also makes this prohibition applicable to an advertising service that is notified by an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application that the site, service, or application is directed to a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1177"
citation: "California SB 1177 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Privacy: students."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac1a94e2-0b21-4c8e-87ae-da42780555b2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177"
source_hash: "92012a06b5f90568ebceb783595206b4f1552008de22fd663d61ff2c9533bd5f"
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 SB 1177 (20132014) — Privacy: students.

Existing law, on and after January 1, 2015, prohibits an operator of an Internet Web site or online service from knowingly using, disclosing, compiling, or allowing a 3rd party to use, disclose, or compile the personal information of a minor for the purpose of marketing or advertising specified types of products or services. Existing law also makes this prohibition applicable to an advertising service that is notified by an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application that the site, service, or application is directed to a minor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117799INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117798AMD)
3. **06/05/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117797AMD)
4. **06/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117796AMD)
5. **07/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117795AMD)
6. **08/04/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117794AMD)
7. **08/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117793AMD)
8. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117791CHP)
9. **SB1177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177)
10. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1177&version=20130SB117792ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB1177 Steinberg Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1177 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By BUCHANAN — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 2976.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3309.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3416.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Coms. on ED. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** Re-referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-19** Assembly Rule 56 (pending re-referral to Com. on ED.) suspended. (Page 5606.)
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-04** Read third time and amended. (Page 5847.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. (Page 6282.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6402.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4875.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 839, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac1a94e2-0b21-4c8e-87ae-da42780555b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).