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Bill	Legislature: legislative information: public use.	Existing law prohibits a television signal generated by the Assembly from being used for any political or commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, any campaign for elective public office or any campaign supporting or opposing a ballot proposition submitted to the electors. Existing law provides that a person or organization who violates this prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 884	California AB 884 (20152016)	bill	Legislature: legislative information: public use.	enacted	Gordon	10	32	8	2015-02-26	2016-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/dd35c679-a717-4b2d-96a8-f72b0785cb7c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB884	70222c6dcd8aa6899c964a75be7ec95ccb86be0c7c12fa7d2f563f3e1f3c05a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 884 (20152016) — Legislature: legislative information: public use.

Existing law prohibits a television signal generated by the Assembly from being used for any political or commercial purpose, including, but not limited to, any campaign for elective public office or any campaign supporting or opposing a ballot proposition submitted to the electors. Existing law provides that a person or organization who violates this prohibition is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/05/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/01/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/09/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/30/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB884 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/31/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB884 Gordon By Wolk Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 884 GORDON Concurrence - Urgency Added — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Redistricting] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 884 RENDON Assembly Third Reading — 50–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gordon — primary (person)
• Wolk — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2015-04-13 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & R. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2015-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 1590.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-06-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-25 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5424.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2016-08-30 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6468.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd35c679-a717-4b2d-96a8-f72b0785cb7c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).