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CA SB 576

enacted

Video streaming services: commercial advertisements.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 576 pass?

Yes. CA SB 576 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 336, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 576 about?

Existing law regulates various businesses to, among other things, preserve and regulate competition, prohibit unfair trade practices, and regulate advertising. Existing federal law requires the Federal Communications Commission to develop regulations that require commercials to have the same average volume as the programs they accompany. The federal regulations apply to television broadcast stations, cable operators, and other multichannel video programming distributors. This bill would prohibit, on and after July 1, 2026, a video streaming service, as defined, that serves consumers in the state from transmitting the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany, as specified. The bill would state that it does not create a private right of action.

Who sponsors CA SB 576?

Umberg is the primary sponsor of CA SB 576, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law regulates various businesses to, among other things, preserve and regulate competition, prohibit unfair trade practices, and regulate advertising. Existing federal law requires the Federal Communications Commission to develop regulations that require commercials to have the same average volume as the programs they accompany. The federal regulations apply to television broadcast stations, cable operators, and other multichannel video programming distributors. This bill would prohibit, on and after July 1, 2026, a video streaming service, as defined, that serves consumers in the state from transmitting the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany, as specified. The bill would state that it does not create a private right of action.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 336, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Umbergauthor
  • Niellocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  3. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing April 28.

  5. 2025-04-28

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 917.) (April 28).

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  6. 2025-04-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-05-08

    Ordered to second reading.

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  8. 2025-05-08

    Read third time and amended.

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  9. 2025-05-12

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1271.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  11. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  12. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  13. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24).

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  14. 2025-06-26

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-07-10

    Read third time and amended.

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  16. 2025-07-10

    Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-08-25

    Read third time and amended.

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  18. 2025-08-25

    Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  20. 2025-09-04

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  21. 2025-09-10

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2828.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  22. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  23. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 336, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 05/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-08Compare
  • 07/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-10Compare
  • 08/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-25Compare
  • 09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • SB576Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass

    2025-04-28 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Menjivar: yes

  • 3rd Reading SB576 Umberg et al.

    2025-05-28 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Reyes: other
    • Cervantes: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-06-24 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ward: other

  • SB 576 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Lowenthal

    2025-09-04 · pass · 71-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: other
    • Ahrens: other
    • Ta: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Solache: other
    • Flora: other
    • Lackey: other

  • Unfinished Business SB576 Umberg et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-10 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB576

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