republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-484.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alarm company operators: advertisements."
description: "Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising the licensee's business to contain the licensee's name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. Existing law imposes monetary penalties of a $500 fine for the first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 484"
citation: "California AB 484 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alarm company operators: advertisements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fdc79b6-3912-4fdb-aac0-7a1d79814d04"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB484"
source_hash: "534f118024db6eae4c744a55706b1278e5d450badc0b2e0d69dc719779f0c544"
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 484 (20212022) — Alarm company operators: advertisements.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of alarm company operators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising the licensee's business to contain the licensee's name and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. Existing law imposes monetary penalties of a $500 fine for the first violation and $1,000 for each subsequent violation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB484&version=20210AB48499INT)
2. **04/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB484&version=20210AB48498AMD)
3. **09/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB484&version=20210AB48496CHP)
4. **AB484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB484)
5. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB484&version=20210AB48497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 484 Medina Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB484 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1335.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2237.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fdc79b6-3912-4fdb-aac0-7a1d79814d04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).