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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Parent's Accountability and Child Protection Act."
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description: "Existing law prohibits an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application, as specified, from marketing or advertising specified types of products or services to a minor. Existing law also makes it unlawful for any person to sell specified products or services to a minor or requires permission from a parent or legal guardian in order to sell to a minor. Under existing law, generally a minor may make a contract in the same manner as an adult."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 2511"
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citation: "California AB 2511 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["The Parent's Accountability and Child Protection Act."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-02-14"
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last_action: "2018-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52bb4724-fba0-4e09-9138-59a18fb7aacb"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511"
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source_hash: "203e607d89b9b438514436f3425d3b057c905b0a3404d121d7bffdfa344b474a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2511 (20172018) — The Parent's Accountability and Child Protection Act.
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Existing law prohibits an operator of an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application, as specified, from marketing or advertising specified types of products or services to a minor. Existing law also makes it unlawful for any person to sell specified products or services to a minor or requires permission from a parent or legal guardian in order to sell to a minor. Under existing law, generally a minor may make a contract in the same manner as an adult.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251199INT)
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2. **03/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251198AMD)
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3. **04/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251197AMD)
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4. **05/07/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251196AMD)
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5. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251195AMD)
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6. **06/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251194AMD)
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7. **06/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251193AMD)
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8. **08/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251192AMD)
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9. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251191AMD)
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10. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251189CHP)
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11. **AB2511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511)
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12. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2511&version=20170AB251190ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2511 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **56–16** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2511 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–12** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2511 Chau By Roth — **27–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chau — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
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- **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 5638.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-13** Referred to Coms. on G.O., JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-06-20** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2018-06-20** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-08-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-08-06** (Received pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(14).)
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- **2018-08-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 5967.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 7002.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 872, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52bb4724-fba0-4e09-9138-59a18fb7aacb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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