Sellers of travel: travel consolidators: fraud.

Summary

The bill amends California’s Business and Professions Code to treat bulk‑ticket resellers as travel sellers and adds a new rule that airlines must refund customers defrauded by such sellers when the airline knows about the fraud and the buyer cannot obtain a refund. It also makes unregistered sellers’ sales voidable and treats the new refund requirement as a state‑mandated crime, while stating that local agencies won’t receive reimbursement for any costs incurred.

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Vote

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 833.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · Apr 23, 2025

Hearings

• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · May 23, 2025
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · May 5, 2025
• Judiciary Committee Hearing
  Judiciary · Apr 22, 2025
• Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Hearing
  Business, Professions and Economic Development · Apr 7, 2025

History

1. Feb 2, 2026Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2. May 23, 2025May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
3. May 16, 2025Set for hearing May 23.
4. May 5, 2025May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
5. Apr 25, 2025Set for hearing May 5.
6. Apr 23, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 833.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
7. Apr 10, 2025From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
8. Apr 7, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 679.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
9. Apr 1, 2025Set for hearing April 22 in JUD. pending receipt.
10. Mar 26, 2025Set for hearing April 7.
11. Mar 19, 2025Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD.
12. Mar 12, 2025From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

The 12 most recent of 15 recorded actions.

Sponsors

• Umberg · sponsor

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