republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1259.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Signage: tourist oriented directional signs."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to administer a program for the placement of tourist oriented directional signs for businesses, attractions, or facilities near state highways in nonurbanized areas. Existing law specifies various requirements for placement of these signs, including a requirement that the maximum distance from a highway intersection to an attraction or facility may not exceed 10 miles, except as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1259"
citation: "California SB 1259 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Signage: tourist oriented directional signs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nielsen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4195e1db-b96d-44d5-b54c-b43125e37d6f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1259"
source_hash: "3d2946033be860df18780924e340c224a973f3ad3c0ef58d1d9874a76b05585a"
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 1259 (20172018) — Signage: tourist oriented directional signs.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to administer a program for the placement of tourist oriented directional signs for businesses, attractions, or facilities near state highways in nonurbanized areas. Existing law specifies various requirements for placement of these signs, including a requirement that the maximum distance from a highway intersection to an attraction or facility may not exceed 10 miles, except as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1259&version=20170SB125999INT)
2. **04/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1259&version=20170SB125998AMD)
3. **07/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1259&version=20170SB125996CHP)
4. **SB1259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1259)
5. **07/13/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1259&version=20170SB125997ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1259 Nielsen Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nielsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 4606.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-04-13** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2018-04-23** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6109.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-07-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2018-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 156, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4195e1db-b96d-44d5-b54c-b43125e37d6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).