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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consumers Legal Remedies Act: advertisements."
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description: "The False Advertising Law makes it a crime for a person or a firm, corporation, or association, or any employee thereof, to engage in specified false or misleading advertising practices. The Unfair Competition Law makes various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 478"
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citation: "California SB 478 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Consumers Legal Remedies Act", "advertisements"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ae11245-cc80-4ba9-a660-35017e810b77"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB478"
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source_hash: "9ab0a1540f3a854ecb9fd2cbdac0e2f3e8429425f7285bb4eccb12a1e4b1a9e0"
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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 SB 478 (20232024) — Consumers Legal Remedies Act: advertisements.
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The False Advertising Law makes it a crime for a person or a firm, corporation, or association, or any employee thereof, to engage in specified false or misleading advertising practices. The Unfair Competition Law makes various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising.
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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. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB478&version=20230SB47899INT)
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2. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB478&version=20230SB47898AMD)
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3. **08/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB478&version=20230SB47897AMD)
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4. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB478&version=20230SB47896AMD)
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5. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB478&version=20230SB47894CHP)
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6. **SB478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB478)
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7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB478&version=20230SB47895ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB478 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
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- SB 478 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — **60–14** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB478 Dodd et al. — **31–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dodd — primary (person)
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- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
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- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
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- Friedman — principal coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Min — coauthor (person)
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- Padilla — coauthor (person)
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- Skinner — author (person)
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- Wicks — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 11.
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- **2023-03-30** April 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2023-03-30** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 893.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
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- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1171.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1392.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-15** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-19** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 3139.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2616.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 400, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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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/3ae11245-cc80-4ba9-a660-35017e810b77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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