republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1165.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substance abuse and mental health services: advertisement and marketing."
description: "Existing law prohibits an operator of a licensed alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, as specified, a certified alcohol or other drug program, or a licensed psychiatric or mental health facility, as specified, from engaging in various fraudulent marketing practices, including making or providing false or misleading statements or information, respectively, about the operator's products, goods, services, or geographic locations in its marketing, advertising materials, or media or on internet websites, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1165"
citation: "California SB 1165 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Substance abuse and mental health services: advertisement and marketing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be780244-6907-4071-9cff-4486e5eba365"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1165"
source_hash: "3e12c83609c00cd48dd77e06a5da56c440dea70d287c37fb2f2f99abafbeedb0"
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 SB 1165 (20212022) — Substance abuse and mental health services: advertisement and marketing.

Existing law prohibits an operator of a licensed alcoholism or drug abuse recovery or treatment facility, as specified, a certified alcohol or other drug program, or a licensed psychiatric or mental health facility, as specified, from engaging in various fraudulent marketing practices, including making or providing false or misleading statements or information, respectively, about the operator's products, goods, services, or geographic locations in its marketing, advertising materials, or media or on internet websites, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1165&version=20210SB116599INT)
2. **08/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1165&version=20210SB116597CHP)
3. **SB1165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1165)
4. **08/08/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1165&version=20210SB116598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1165 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1165 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Borgeas — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2022-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3204.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3476.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5756.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 172, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be780244-6907-4071-9cff-4486e5eba365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).