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Bill	Outdoor Advertising Act: local governmental entities: relocation.	The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates the placement of advertising displays adjacent to and within specified distances of highways that are part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and federal-aid highways. The act prohibits a governmental entity from compelling the removal of a lawfully erected advertising display within the state, or limiting its customary maintenance or use, without payment of compensation, as defined in the Eminent Domain Law, to the owner or owners of the display and the land upon which the display is located. This prohibition does not apply to an advertising display relocated by mutual agreement between the display owner and a local entity.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1673	California AB 1673 (20232024)	bill	Outdoor Advertising Act local governmental entities relocation	enacted	Pacheco	8	35	7	2023-02-17	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/ee0e9e66-0fbc-4004-866d-077f31a0d023	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1673	f28962804c4b6051a261a2315762757b850aa5505e676ae2787624f160dd9f2b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1673 (20232024) — Outdoor Advertising Act: local governmental entities: relocation.

The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates the placement of advertising displays adjacent to and within specified distances of highways that are part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and federal-aid highways. The act prohibits a governmental entity from compelling the removal of a lawfully erected advertising display within the state, or limiting its customary maintenance or use, without payment of compensation, as defined in the Eminent Domain Law, to the owner or owners of the display and the land upon which the display is located. This prohibition does not apply to an advertising display relocated by mutual agreement between the display owner and a local entity.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1673 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1673 Pacheco et al. By Rubio — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1673 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB1673 Pacheco et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1673 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pacheco — primary (person)
• Santiago — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 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-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 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-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2041.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2039.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-07-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-08-17 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2023-08-17 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2023-09-01 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2023-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2563.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3274.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 590, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee0e9e66-0fbc-4004-866d-077f31a0d023. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).