republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1241.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: audiovisual work: recording."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1241"
citation: "California AB 1241 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: audiovisual work: recording."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baaf3d83-a24b-4e32-88ef-2bca7408ad90"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1241"
source_hash: "11adce276be1c2755f0f08c289a89366e3d2799dc514a5be956f4fb4d5710425"
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 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.

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1241&version=20150AB124199INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1241&version=20150AB124198AMD)
3. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1241&version=20150AB124196CHP)
4. **AB1241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1241)
5. **08/03/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1241&version=20150AB124197ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/baaf3d83-a24b-4e32-88ef-2bca7408ad90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).