California SB1228: Advertising displays: exemptions: arenas and redevelopment agency projects.

What the bill says

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 5272 of, and to add Section 5440.5 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to advertising displays. advertising displays Advertising displays: exemptions: arenas and redevelopment agency projects. The Outdoor Advertising Act provides for the regulation by the Department of Transportation of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways…

From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 5272 of, and to add Section 5440.5 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to advertising displays. advertising displays Advertising displays: exemptions: arenas and redevelopment agency projects. The Outdoor Advertising Act provides for the regulation by the Department of Transportation of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways. The act exempts from most of its provisions an advertising display used exclusively to advertise products, goods, or services that are either sold on the premises of an arena or marketed or promoted on the premises of an arena if, among other conditions, the advertising display has been authorized, as of January 1, 2021, by, or in accordance with, a local ordinance, including, but not limited to, a specific plan or sign district adopted in connection with the approval of the arena, as provided. The act requires an advertising display that is located on the premises of an arena and that was erected pursuant to the exemption also to be authorized by, or in accordance with, an ordinance, including, but not limited to, a specific plan or sign district, as provided. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2028, similarly exempt from most provisions of the act an advertising display used exclusively to advertise products, goods, or services that are either …

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Sponsors

• Susan Rubio (D, SD22) · primary sponsor
• Tony Strickland (R, SD36)
• Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D, SD28)

Latest actions

1. September 27, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 686, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 27, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 10, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 31, 2026: Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 7043.) Ordered to the Senate.
5. August 31, 2026: Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
6. August 31, 2026: In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
7. August 31, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
8. August 31, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
9. August 30, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. August 30, 2026: From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (August 30).

Votes

• W/O REF. TO FILE SB1228 Rubio (August 31, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• SB 1228 Rubio Senate Third Reading By Solache (August 31, 2026): 74 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass. (August 30, 2026): 20 yea, 1 nay, passed
• Do pass. (August 5, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 24, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Senate 3rd Reading SB1228 Rubio (May 18, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB1228?

SB1228 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Advertising displays: exemptions: arenas and redevelopment agency projects.

What does SB1228 do?

In its own words: An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 5272 of, and to add Section 5440.5 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to advertising displays. advertising displays Advertising displays: exemptions: arenas and redevelopment agency projects. The Outdoor Advertising Act provides for the regulation by the Department of Transportation of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways…

What is the status of SB1228?

Chaptered as of September 27, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 686, Statutes of 2026. (September 27, 2026).

Who sponsored SB1228?

Susan Rubio (D, SD22), with 2 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB1228?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1228