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AB 568 — Counterfeit goods: abatement.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, Statutes of 2009.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2009. Enacted.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Passed 7 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Existing law provides that every building or place used for the purpose of illegal gambling, lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, and every building or place wherein or upon which these acts take place, is a nuisance that shall be enjoined, abated, and prevented, whether it is a public or private nuisance. Existing law authorizes a district attorney, city attorney, or citizen, as specified, to maintain an action to abate and prevent the nuisance and perpetually to enjoin the person conducting or maintaining it, and the owner, lessee, or agent of the building or place in or upon which the nuisance exists from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting the nuisance. This bill would provide that if a person is convicted of a specified crime, then a nonresidential building or place used by that person for the purpose of willfully manufacturing, intentionally selling, or knowingly possessing for sale any counterfeit goods, defined to include counterfeit of a registered mark or any recording or audiovisual work, the cover, box, jacket, or label of which does not disclose specified information, shall be deemed a nuisance that may be enjoined, abated, and prevented, whether it is a public or private nuisance. The bill would make certain remedies and procedures in existing law, a violation of which is a crime, relative to the abatement of buildings or places where a nuisance exists applicable to these provisions. The bill would require a district attorney, city attorney, or city prosecutor that maintains an action or actions to enjoin, abate, or prevent a nuisance pursuant to these provisions to report, by October 1, 2013, to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Judiciary on their use of these abatement provisions and their effectiveness. The bill's provisions would become inoperative on January 1, 2015. Because a violation of a restraining order or an injunction relative to a nuisance pursuant to the provisions of this bill would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 10/11/09 - Chaptered Current pdf October 11, 2009
- Enrolled 09/17/09 - Enrolled pdf September 17, 2009
- Amended 09/04/09 - Amended Senate pdf September 04, 2009
- Amended 08/24/09 - Amended Senate pdf August 24, 2009
- Amended 07/23/09 - Amended Senate pdf July 23, 2009
- Amended 05/05/09 - Amended Assembly pdf May 05, 2009
- Amended 04/14/09 - Amended Assembly pdf April 14, 2009
- Introduced 02/25/09 - Introduced pdf February 25, 2009
- AB568 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, Statutes of 2009.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3287.)
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 2323.)
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Read second time. To third reading.
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Read third time, amended. To second reading.
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Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 17).
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Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 14).
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In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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Referred to Com. on JUD.
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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 76. Noes 0. Page 1766.)
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Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
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From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 20).
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
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In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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Referred to Com. on JUD.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
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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
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 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 91 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (92)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Bill | — | Yea |
| Tom | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| Gilmore | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Fletcher | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Bonnie | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| V. | — | Yea |
| Manuel | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| John | — | Yea |
| A. | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Audra | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Not Voting |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 32 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 35 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 5% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (41)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Not Voting |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| McLeod | — | Not Voting |
| Oropeza | — | Not Voting |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Not Voting |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Nay |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 62% | 0% | 0% | 38% |
How each member voted (13)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Not Voting |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Not Voting |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Not Voting |
| Walters | — | Not Voting |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Not Voting |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 0% | 0% | 20% |
How each member voted (5)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Not Voting |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 80 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Democratic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 88 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (92)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Bill | — | Yea |
| Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Tom | — | Yea |
| Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| Gilmore | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Fletcher | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Bonnie | — | Yea |
| V. | — | Yea |
| Manuel | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| John | — | Yea |
| A. | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Audra | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Not Voting |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Not Voting |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Not Voting |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Not Voting |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Lowenthal, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (21)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| John | — | Yea |
| A. | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| Audra | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Not Voting |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 568 do?
- Existing law provides that every building or place used for the purpose of illegal gambling, lewdness, assignation, or prostitution, and every building or place wherein or upon which these acts take place, is a nuisance that shall be enjoined, abated, and prevented, whether it is a public or private nuisance. Existing law authorizes a district attorney, city attorney, or citizen, as specified, to maintain an action to abate and prevent the nuisance and perpetually to enjoin the person conducting or maintaining it, and the owner, lessee, or agent of the building or place in or upon which the nuisance exists from directly or indirectly maintaining or permitting the nuisance. This bill would provide that if a person is convicted of a specified crime, then a nonresidential building or place used by that person for the purpose of willfully manufacturing, intentionally selling, or knowingly possessing for sale any counterfeit goods, defined to include counterfeit of a registered mark or any recording or audiovisual work, the cover, box, jacket, or label of which does not disclose specified information, shall be deemed a nuisance that may be enjoined, abated, and prevented, whether it is a public or private nuisance. The bill would make certain remedies and procedures in existing law, a violation of which is a crime, relative to the abatement of buildings or places where a nuisance exists applicable to these provisions. The bill would require a district attorney, city attorney, or city prosecutor that maintains an action or actions to enjoin, abate, or prevent a nuisance pursuant to these provisions to report, by October 1, 2013, to the Senate and Assembly Committees on Judiciary on their use of these abatement provisions and their effectiveness. The bill's provisions would become inoperative on January 1, 2015. Because a violation of a restraining order or an injunction relative to a nuisance pursuant to the provisions of this bill would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Who sponsors AB 568?
- AB 568 is sponsored by Lieu.
- What is the current status of AB 568?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2009. Enacted.
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