republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor advertising displays: exemptions."
description: "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 its provisions certain advertising displays, including, among others, any advertising display used exclusively either to advertise products, goods, or services sold by persons on the premises of an arena on a regular basis, or to advertise any products, goods, or services marketed or promoted on the premises of an arena pursuant to a sponsorship marketing plan with a duration of at least one year, if specified conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1488"
citation: "California SB 1488 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Outdoor advertising displays", "exemptions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0889951f-b180-4411-90dd-dcda1717ab2e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1488"
source_hash: "8a7434999c90be51a92e0e8a9f2e34fb4af97b9854ca5b082e4daed4120a844d"
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 1488 (20232024) — Outdoor advertising displays: exemptions.

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 its provisions certain advertising displays, including, among others, any advertising display used exclusively either to advertise products, goods, or services sold by persons on the premises of an arena on a regular basis, or to advertise any products, goods, or services marketed or promoted on the premises of an arena pursuant to a sponsorship marketing plan with a duration of at least one year, if specified conditions are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1488&version=20230SB148899INT)
2. **04/25/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1488&version=20230SB148898AMD)
3. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1488&version=20230SB148896CHP)
4. **SB1488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1488)
5. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1488&version=20230SB148897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1488 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Santiago — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Durazo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-11** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3733.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2024-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3898.) (May 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4022.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 2. Page 6538.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 897, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0889951f-b180-4411-90dd-dcda1717ab2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).