CaliforniaEligible arenas could use more highway-visible advertising displays
Starting in 2028, eligible arenas could use up to two highway-visible advertising displays if local approval and required federal checks allow them.
What it does
Qualifying arenas could use up to two highway-visible advertising displays under local approval, including displays approved by 2032 that benefit the arena. The exemption starts in 2028.
Before certain new highway-visible arena displays can be placed, the state must find they will not reduce federal aid or conflict with federal rules or agreements.
A new display more than one mile from its arena must be at least 5,000 feet from a display for another arena. Existing-route displays are excluded.
Argument forArenas could display more sponsorship advertising visible from nearby highways when local approval and federal review allow it.
Argument againstDisplays far from arenas could still compete for drivers’ attention, and a 5,000-foot spacing rule may not prevent every distraction.
More detail
Certain arena advertising displays would be exempt from most state outdoor-advertising rules beginning January 1, 2028. The exemption covers qualifying displays at or promoting eligible arenas, including highway-visible displays bearing the arena’s name or logo. The arena must have at least 15,000 seats, be able to host professional sports permanently, and be fully built or under construction by January 1, 2027. Displays must advertise only products, goods, or services sold or promoted at the arena; tobacco, firearm, and sexually explicit advertising is barred. Local approval must set rules for sign numbers, sizes, spacing, lighting, and operating hours. The arena may have no more than two displays under the existing and new highway-visible exemptions. The section becomes operative January 1, 2028. The new highway-visible displays must have local approval by January 1, 2032.
The state must check new highway-visible displays for federal conflicts before they are placed. This applies to qualifying displays approved after January 1, 2027, under the new arena exemption. This applies to a new highway-visible display approved after January 1, 2027, under the approval route for displays authorized by January 1, 2032. If the state transportation department cannot make the determination, it must ask the Federal Highway Administration. The display may be placed only after that agency makes the required finding. The check applies before placement of a display approved after January 1, 2027.
Certain new displays far from an arena must keep a minimum distance from displays for other arenas. The spacing rule concerns displays for different arenas authorized under the arena exemption. The rule applies only to a display approved after January 1, 2027, under the new approval route and located more than one mile from its arena. It does not apply to displays authorized under the existing route tied to approval as of January 1, 2021. The rule applies to displays approved after January 1, 2027.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 27Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom.Latest
- Sep 15Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 1
- Vote recorded AB 2717 CALOZA Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 31Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7063.).Major
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB2717 Caloza By Reyes. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 31Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 7063.)
- Aug 31In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Aug 31Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1.).Passed Senate
- Aug 30Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 28Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).Minor
- Aug 3In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 24From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 23
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 11From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.Major
- Jun 3Referred to Com. on TRANS.Minor
- May 27In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 2717 Caloza Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 26Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5389.)Passed Assembly
- May 19Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 18Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- May 14From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 14).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- May 14Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
- May 13In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Apr 29Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 28Read second time and amended.Major
- Apr 27From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 22).Major
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 23Re-referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- Mar 19From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 19Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- Feb 20Read first time. To print.Introduced
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