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AB 1778 — State agency promotions: commercials.
Last action — Vetoed by Governor.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Assembly
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Existing law establishes the California Tourism Marketing Act as a means of funding generic promotion of this state as a tourism destination. This bill would require any department, commission, office, agency, or other administrative entity of the state that produces, or contracts for the production of, a promotional commercial for the state or a product of the state, and finances that commercial in whole or in part with public funds, to film that commercial in this state. The bill would except from its provisions agreements to feature or promote California products in a program made by a private entity, as specified.
Bill Text
- Enrolled 08/30/10 - Enrolled Current pdf August 30, 2010
- Amended 05/13/10 - Amended Assembly pdf May 13, 2010
- Introduced 02/09/10 - Introduced pdf February 09, 2010
- AB1778 View text html
Action History
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
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In Assembly. To enrollment.
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Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 4773.)
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Read second time. To third reading.
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Received August 13 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(b)(14)
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 12).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file.
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From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 29).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Referred to Com. on G.O.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 19. Page 5285.)
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Read second time. To third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 19).
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 6).
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Referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Lieu · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Lieu
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 25 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 63% | 30% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Nay |
| Huff | — | Nay |
| Oropeza | — | Not Voting |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Not Voting |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Nay |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Aanestad | — | Nay |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Not Voting |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Nay |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Nay |
| Emmerson | — | Nay |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Nay |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 64% | 36% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Nay |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Nay |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Not Voting |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 67% | 8% | 0% | 25% |
How each member voted (12)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Not Voting |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Not Voting |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Nay |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Not Voting |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 52 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 56 | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| % of votes cast | 62% | 24% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (91)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hall | — | Not Voting |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Bonnie | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| V. | — | Yea |
| Manuel | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| John | — | Yea |
| A. | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Nay |
| Cook | — | Not Voting |
| Bill | — | Nay |
| Tom | — | Nay |
| Fletcher | — | Nay |
| Audra | — | Nay |
| Saldana | — | Not Voting |
| Fuller | — | Nay |
| Gilmore | — | Nay |
| Hagman | — | Nay |
| Harkey | — | Nay |
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Bass | — | Not Voting |
| Hernandez | — | Not Voting |
| Huber | — | Not Voting |
| Knight | — | Not Voting |
| Miller | — | Nay |
| Nava | — | Not Voting |
| Norby | — | Nay |
| Silva | — | Nay |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Not Voting |
| Villines | — | Not Voting |
| Adams | — | Nay |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Nay |
| Logue | — | Nay |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Not Voting |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Not Voting |
| DeVore | — | Nay |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Nay |
| Beth Gaines | — | Not Voting |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Nay |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Nay |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Nay |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 63% | 26% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (19)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Charles | — | Yea |
| De | — | Not Voting |
| Leon | — | Not Voting |
| Conway | — | Nay |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Nay |
| Nielsen | — | Nay |
| Norby | — | Nay |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Nay |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 64% | 0% | 0% | 36% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Charles | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Audra | — | Not Voting |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Not Voting |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Not Voting |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 1778 do?
- Existing law establishes the California Tourism Marketing Act as a means of funding generic promotion of this state as a tourism destination. This bill would require any department, commission, office, agency, or other administrative entity of the state that produces, or contracts for the production of, a promotional commercial for the state or a product of the state, and finances that commercial in whole or in part with public funds, to film that commercial in this state. The bill would except from its provisions agreements to feature or promote California products in a program made by a private entity, as specified.
- Who sponsors AB 1778?
- AB 1778 is sponsored by Lieu.
- What is the current status of AB 1778?
- This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 1778?
- Track AB 1778 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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