Nancy Skinner
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 9
Author
Existing law requires a marketplace, as defined, to ensure that its terms and conditions regarding commercial relationships with marketplace sellers meet certain criteria, including that they are drafted in plain and intelligible language. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2023, require an online marketplace, as defined, to require a high-volume third-party seller on the online marketplace, not later than 10 days after qualifying as a high-volume third-party seller, to provide to the online marketplace specified information, including certain contact information and a bank account number or, if the seller does not have a bank account, the name of the payee for payments issued by the online marketplace to the seller, as prescribed. The bill would require an online marketplace to suspend future sales activity of a high-volume third-party seller that is not in compliance with the provisions described in this paragraph, as specified. This bill would require the online marketplace to verify the information provided by the high-volume third-party seller pursuant to the provisions described above within 10 days and would require the online marketplace to verify within 10 days any changes to the information and to, at least annually, notify each high-volume third-party seller on the online marketplace that the seller must inform the online marketplace of any changes to the information, as provided. This bill would also require an online marketplace to, among other things, require a high-volume third-party seller with at least $20,000 of gross annual revenues from transactions with buyers in California through the online marketplace to provide, subject to certain exceptions, certain information, including the seller's physical address, to the online marketplace and to disclose the information to consumers in a clear and conspicuous manner in the order confirmation message, or other communication made to a consumer after a purchase is finalized, and in the consumer's account transaction history. The bill would require an online marketplace to suspend future sales activity of a high-volume third-party seller under certain circumstances, including that the high-volume third-party seller is not in compliance with the provisions described in this paragraph. This bill would require an online marketplace to comply with specified recordkeeping and security procedures with regard to the information required to comply with these provisions. The bill would subject a person or entity who violates the bill's provisions to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, which may be assessed and recovered only in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5078.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6004.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2804.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2794.) (January 20).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing January 20.
January 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing January 18.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 2755.) (January 12).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing January 12.
April 6 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing April 6.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB301 | HTML |
| 02/03/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/10/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 01/03/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 01/13/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/15/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/22/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/26/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 01/10/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 01/15/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 01/21/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/12/22- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 06/17/22- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/17/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/22/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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