Gail Pellerin
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 28
Author
Existing law prohibits certain distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual media of a candidate within 60 days of an election at which the candidate will appear on the ballot, unless the media includes a disclosure stating that the media has been manipulated, subject to specified exemptions. Existing law authorizes a candidate whose voice or likeness appears in audio or visual media distributed in violation of these provisions to file specified actions, and it requires a court to place such proceedings on the calendar in the order of their date of filing and give the proceedings precedence. This bill would prohibit a person, committee, or other entity from knowingly distributing an advertisement or other election communication, as defined, that contains certain materially deceptive content, as defined, with malice, as defined, subject to specified exemptions. The bill would apply this prohibition within 120 days of an election in California and, in specified cases, 60 days after an election. The bill would authorize a recipient of materially deceptive content distributed in violation of this section, candidate or committee participating in the election, or elections official, as defined, to file a civil action to enjoin the distribution of the media and to seek damages against the person, committee, or other entity that distributed it, except as specified. The bill would require a court to place such proceedings on the calendar in the order of their date of filing and give the proceedings precedence. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 35 of the Code of Civil Procedure proposed by AB 2655 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2655 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 8.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15).
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 2).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A., JUD. and APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 4. Page 5511.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 16).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 30).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 10).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB2839 | HTML |
| 02/15/24 - Introduced | |
| 04/11/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/02/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/24/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/15/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/23/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/04/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/17/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/08/24- Assembly Elections | |
| 04/09/24- Assembly Elections | |
| 04/26/24- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 05/14/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/14/24- Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments | |
| 06/28/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/02/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/15/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/20/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/27/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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