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California 20252026

SB 96

Streaming services: commercial advertisements.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Streamingservices, commercialadvertisements
Introduced / first action
2025-01-23 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Veterans' benefits.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law prohibits 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. This bill would clarify that video streaming service includes a user-generated video streaming service, and would additionally prohibit a music streaming service or podcast streaming service that serves consumers in the state from transmitting the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the content the advertisements accompany.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 735, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6086.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  8. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

    reading-1, reading-2

  9. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1).

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  12. Pursuant to Assembly Rule 51.

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

    referral-committee

  14. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3284.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3203.) (January 12).

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  18. Set for hearing January 12.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

    referral-committee

  20. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  21. Referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  22. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.

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

    introduction, reading-1, referral-committee

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