republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1130.md

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Bill	False advertising: substantiation of claims: county counsel.	Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person doing business in California and advertising to consumers in California to make any false or misleading advertising claim. Existing law requires any person doing business, and in whose behalf advertising claims are made to consumers, in California to, upon request of the Director of Consumer Affairs, the Attorney General, any city attorney, or any district attorney, provide evidence of the facts on which the advertising claims are based. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs, the Attorney General, any city attorney, or any district attorney to take specified actions upon failure of the advertiser to adequately substantiate a claim within a reasonable time or if the requesting official has reason to believe that the advertising claim is false or misleading.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1130	California SB 1130 (20152016)	bill	False advertising: substantiation of claims: county counsel.	enacted	Wieckowski	4	16	4	2016-02-17	2016-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d0ac2fbd-7874-4988-aab1-2870759d7f53	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1130	36a66cc3879d0f20df850f7e696dce21236aa5bcb3fc7c4565d3af07d2e94f79	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1130 (20152016) — False advertising: substantiation of claims: county counsel.

Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person doing business in California and advertising to consumers in California to make any false or misleading advertising claim. Existing law requires any person doing business, and in whose behalf advertising claims are made to consumers, in California to, upon request of the Director of Consumer Affairs, the Attorney General, any city attorney, or any district attorney, provide evidence of the facts on which the advertising claims are based. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs, the Attorney General, any city attorney, or any district attorney to take specified actions upon failure of the advertiser to adequately substantiate a claim within a reasonable time or if the requesting official has reason to believe that the advertising claim is false or misleading.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/27/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1130 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/16/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 1130 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By STONE — 48–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 24–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Gordon — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• Mark Stone — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2016-02-25 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3336.) (March 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 3429.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-04-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-06-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 5401.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-16 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2016-06-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2016-06-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-06-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 38, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d0ac2fbd-7874-4988-aab1-2870759d7f53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).