CA AB 2024
enactedOutdoor advertising displays: permits: landscaped freeways: relocation agreements.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2024 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2024 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-15): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2024 about?
The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates placement of advertising displays adjacent to and within specified distances of highways that are part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and federal-aid highways. The act prohibits a person, as defined, from placing an advertising display within the areas affected by the act without a permit. The act prohibits the Department of Transportation from denying or delaying the acceptance of a permit application for a new advertising display along a portion of a new alignment of an interstate or primary highway on the basis that the highway project has not been accepted as complete if the section of highway is open to the use of the public for vehicular travel within 1,000 feet of the location specified in the permit application. This bill would also prohibit the department from denying or delaying the review, processing, or determination of a permit application described above. The act prohibits, except as provided, placing or maintaining an advertising display on property adjacent to a portion of a freeway that has a specified coverage area of landscaping or trees at the same or elevated grade of the main-traveled way, as provided. The act authorizes removal of an advertising display that violates that prohibition, as provided. This bill would instead authorize the removal with payment of compensation, or relocation without payment of compensation, of an advertising display that violates that prohibition, as specified. The act does not prohibit a local governmental entity from entering into an agreement to relocate an advertising display for any purpose. The act requires the department to issue a permit without any additional consideration for a display that is being placed pursuant to a relocation agreement with another governmental entity, as provided. This bill would instead not prohibit any governmental entity from entering into a relocation agreement and would require the department to issue a permit, without any additional consideration and without requiring a local entity or state agency to pay compensation, for a display that is being placed pursuant to a relocation agreement with another governmental entity, as specified.
Who sponsors CA AB 2024?
Nguyen is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2024, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
The Outdoor Advertising Act regulates placement of advertising displays adjacent to and within specified distances of highways that are part of the national system of interstate and defense highways and federal-aid highways. The act prohibits a person, as defined, from placing an advertising display within the areas affected by the act without a permit. The act prohibits the Department of Transportation from denying or delaying the acceptance of a permit application for a new advertising display along a portion of a new alignment of an interstate or primary highway on the basis that the highway project has not been accepted as complete if the section of highway is open to the use of the public for vehicular travel within 1,000 feet of the location specified in the permit application. This bill would also prohibit the department from denying or delaying the review, processing, or determination of a permit application described above. The act prohibits, except as provided, placing or maintaining an advertising display on property adjacent to a portion of a freeway that has a specified coverage area of landscaping or trees at the same or elevated grade of the main-traveled way, as provided. The act authorizes removal of an advertising display that violates that prohibition, as provided. This bill would instead authorize the removal with payment of compensation, or relocation without payment of compensation, of an advertising display that violates that prohibition, as specified. The act does not prohibit a local governmental entity from entering into an agreement to relocate an advertising display for any purpose. The act requires the department to issue a permit without any additional consideration for a display that is being placed pursuant to a relocation agreement with another governmental entity, as provided. This bill would instead not prohibit any governmental entity from entering into a relocation agreement and would require the department to issue a permit, without any additional consideration and without requiring a local entity or state agency to pay compensation, for a display that is being placed pursuant to a relocation agreement with another governmental entity, as specified.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-15 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Nguyenauthor
- Pachecocoauthor
- Blanca Rubiocoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-15
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-15
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-14
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-14
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-31
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-25
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.).
2026-08-25
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6446.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-19
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5555.).
2026-08-11
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-10
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-04
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-03
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-15
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 3.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 5291.)
2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-19
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2026-02-18
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2026-02-17
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/17/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-17Compare
- 03/19/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-19Compare
- 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
- 06/15/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-15Compare
- 08/10/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-10Compare
- 08/27/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-27Compare
- 09/14/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-14Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-22 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Solache: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Davies: yes
- Soria: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Berman: yes
- Alvarez: other
Do pass.
2026-05-13 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Pacheco: yes
- Krell: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
AB 2024 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-26 · pass · 71-3
Member-level votes (80)
- Hadwick: yes
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ta: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Irwin: no
- Schiavo: no
- Valencia: no
- Hart: other
- Bennett: other
- Kalra: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Jackson: other
- Muratsuchi: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
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