republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3168.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor advertising displays: publicly owned property."
description: "(1) The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates the placement of advertising signs adjacent to and within specified distances of certain highways. The act prohibits advertising displays from being placed or maintained on property adjacent to a section of a freeway that has been landscaped, with certain exceptions, and defines \"landscaped freeway\" for these purposes to mean a section or sections of a freeway that is now, or later may be, improved by the planting at least on one side or on the median of the freeway right-of-way of lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, or other ornamental vegetation requiring reasonable maintenance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3168"
citation: "California AB 3168 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Outdoor advertising displays: publicly owned property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b9b1f88-a4d7-4678-aa77-71fe2bb223cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168"
source_hash: "d900be00ffe73209a13696a2fb979c3063bf2721b36e13a24a06309e245bd38e"
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 3168 (20172018) — Outdoor advertising displays: publicly owned property.

(1) The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates the placement of advertising signs adjacent to and within specified distances of certain highways. The act prohibits advertising displays from being placed or maintained on property adjacent to a section of a freeway that has been landscaped, with certain exceptions, and defines "landscaped freeway" for these purposes to mean a section or sections of a freeway that is now, or later may be, improved by the planting at least on one side or on the median of the freeway right-of-way of lawns, trees, shrubs, flowers, or other ornamental vegetation requiring reasonable maintenance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168&version=20170AB316899INT)
2. **03/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168&version=20170AB316898AMD)
3. **04/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168&version=20170AB316897AMD)
4. **04/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168&version=20170AB316896AMD)
5. **06/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168&version=20170AB316895AMD)
6. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168&version=20170AB316894AMD)
7. **09/29/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168&version=20170AB316892CHP)
8. **AB3168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168)
9. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3168&version=20170AB316893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3168 RUBIO Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3168 RUBIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB3168 Rubio By Galgiani — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-19** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5255.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5985.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7036.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 926, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b9b1f88-a4d7-4678-aa77-71fe2bb223cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).