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Bill	Advertising and solicitations: government and military endorsements.	Existing law makes it unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association that is a nongovernmental entity to solicit funds or information, or the purchase of goods or services, by means of a mailing, electronic message, or Internet Web site that contains a seal, emblem, insignia, trade or brand name, or any other term, symbol, or content that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as implying any federal, state, or local government connection, approval, or endorsement, unless certain criteria are met. A violation of this provision is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 272	California SB 272 (20132014)	bill	Advertising and solicitations: government and military endorsements.	enacted	Corbett	7	29	7	2013-02-14	2013-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/85d0bb69-c27d-488e-8f1f-08605358b1ae	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB272	e0189125cbd5ac63a45420e04f0dd718b3e07394852f87f77e59b970cecce1d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 272 (20132014) — Advertising and solicitations: government and military endorsements.

Existing law makes it unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association that is a nongovernmental entity to solicit funds or information, or the purchase of goods or services, by means of a mailing, electronic message, or Internet Web site that contains a seal, emblem, insignia, trade or brand name, or any other term, symbol, or content that reasonably could be interpreted or construed as implying any federal, state, or local government connection, approval, or endorsement, unless certain criteria are met. A violation of this provision is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/07/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB272 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 272 Corbett Senate Third Reading By MURATSUCHI — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #9 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Corbett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2013-02-28 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-03-28 Set for hearing April 15.
• 2013-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 563.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-25 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2013-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 756.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2013-05-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 942.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-30 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2013-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-14 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-22 From consent calendar.
• 2013-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2723.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-08-28 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2013-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2043.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 695, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85d0bb69-c27d-488e-8f1f-08605358b1ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).