republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2609.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising: educational conferences."
description: "Existing law prohibits various specified advertising practices, including, among others, the placement by an educational travel organization, as defined, or use of any misleading or untruthful advertising or statements or making of a substantial misrepresentation in conducting an educational travel program. Under existing law, the violation of any of these prohibitions is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2609"
citation: "California AB 2609 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising: educational conferences."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30e8139-b8b2-4af9-805d-ede219763800"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2609"
source_hash: "0464d63004bc56f6328e2f346c8ae4de5c183f0948ec4244bd579bd4d1f2c5f8"
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 2609 (20152016) — Advertising: educational conferences.

Existing law prohibits various specified advertising practices, including, among others, the placement by an educational travel organization, as defined, or use of any misleading or untruthful advertising or statements or making of a substantial misrepresentation in conducting an educational travel program. Under existing law, the violation of any of these prohibitions is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2609&version=20150AB260999INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2609&version=20150AB260998AMD)
3. **05/10/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2609&version=20150AB260997AMD)
4. **08/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2609&version=20150AB260995CHP)
5. **AB2609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2609)
6. **08/15/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2609&version=20150AB260996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2609 CHAU Consent Calendar Second Day — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4960.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4874.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 185, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e30e8139-b8b2-4af9-805d-ede219763800`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).