Existing law makes it a crime for a person to, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, knowingly advertise or offer for sale or resale, or sell or resell, or cause the rental, sale, or resale of, or rent, or manufacturer, or possess 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. Existing law provides different punishments for different violations of these provisions and provides that the punishment for a first offense for certain violations of these provisions is imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or a fine not to exceed $50,000, or both that fine and imprisonment. Existing law provides that the punishment for a 2nd or subsequent offense for those same violations is imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or imprisonment for a felony, or by a fine not to exceed $200,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
California AB 1241 (20152016) — Crimes: audiovisual work: recording.
Existing law makes it a crime for a person to, for commercial advantage or private financial gain, knowingly advertise or offer for sale or resale, or sell or resell, or cause the rental, sale, or resale of, or rent, or manufacturer, or possess 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. Existing law provides different punishments for different violations of these provisions and provides that the punishment for a first offense for certain violations of these provisions is imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or a fine not to exceed $50,000, or both that fine and imprisonment. Existing law provides that the punishment for a 2nd or subsequent offense for those same violations is imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or imprisonment for a felony, or by a fine not to exceed $200,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1241 Calderon By Allen — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1241 CALDERON Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Calderon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1263.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4729.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-02 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2016-08-16 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
2016-08-16 Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 657, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/baaf3d83-a24b-4e32-88ef-2bca7408ad90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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