Steve Glazer
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 7
Author
The Unfair Competition Law (UCL) makes various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice. Existing law regulates consumer refunds specific to certain industries under specified circumstances. This bill would require a hotel, third-party booking service, hosting platform, or short-term rental, as defined, to allow a reservation for a hotel accommodation or a short-term rental located in California to be canceled without penalty for at least 24 hours after the reservation is confirmed if the reservation is made 72 hours or more before the time of check-in. This bill would require, if a consumer cancels a reservation pursuant to that provision, the hotel, third-party booking service, hosting platform, or short-term rental to issue a refund to a consumer for all amounts paid to the hosting platform, hotel, third-party booking service, or short-term rental to the original form of payment within 30 days of the cancellation of the reservation. This bill would authorize certain public attorneys, including the Attorney General, to bring an enforcement action, as provided. The bill would require a court to impose a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation pursuant to consideration of specified factors. The bill would exempt certain types of reservations from its provisions, including a reservation made for a negotiated rate that was not advertised, or otherwise made available, for booking by the general public.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 718, Statutes of 2023.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2602.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2996.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (September 1).
July 12 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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 7. Noes 0.) (June 13).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 1256.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1178.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 24.
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 687.) (April 11).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 11.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB644 | HTML |
| 02/16/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/30/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/13/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/15/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/22/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/13/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/10/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/21/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/10/23- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 06/23/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 07/10/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/08/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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