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Bill	Outdoor advertising displays: arenas.	The Outdoor Advertising Act provides for the regulation by the Department of Transportation of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways. The act exempts from certain of its provisions specified advertising displays located on the premises of an arena or that have been authorized, as of January 1, 2019, by, or in accordance with, a local ordinance as part of a specific plan or sign district adopted in connection with the approval of the arena and that are subject to specified conditions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 700	California AB 700 (20172018)	bill	Outdoor advertising displays: arenas.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	9	34	6	2017-02-15	2018-09-11	openstates	ocd-bill/39bb805e-4382-42c0-be39-cb550cb6e015	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB700	f63b627990a774a3672181fe8c099033694275299b822d4ef932a8213ef3fadb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 700 (20172018) — Outdoor advertising displays: arenas.

The Outdoor Advertising Act provides for the regulation by the Department of Transportation of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways. The act exempts from certain of its provisions specified advertising displays located on the premises of an arena or that have been authorized, as of January 1, 2019, by, or in accordance with, a local ordinance as part of a specific plan or sign district adopted in connection with the approval of the arena and that are subject to specified conditions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/26/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/04/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB700 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 700 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB700 Jones-Sawyer By Mitchell — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 700 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — 70–4 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 4). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-06 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 1961.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2017-07-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-06-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-06 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2018-06-06 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5439.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-23 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2018-08-28 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6882.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 337, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39bb805e-4382-42c0-be39-cb550cb6e015. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).