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CA SB 659

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The Parent's Accountability and Child Protection Act: remedies.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law, the Parent's Accountability and Child Protection Act, requires a person or business that seeks to sell a specified product or service that is illegal under state law to sell to a minor to take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser is of legal age at the time of purchase or delivery, as prescribed. The act, in an action brought by a public prosecutor, subjects a business or person that violates the act to at least a $7,500 civil penalty for each violation. Existing law requires that the amount in controversy not exceed $35,000 for a limited civil case. This bill, in addition to any other remedy available under law, in an action brought by a public prosecutor or a parent or legal guardian of a minor who has acquired the product or service, would subject an online business, as defined, that violates the above-described provisions to a civil penalty of the maximum amount in controversy for a limited civil case, or 10 or 20 times that amount, as specified, for each violation and each minor user of the product or service.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-02 — Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Reyesauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  3. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  4. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing April 22.

  5. 2025-04-10

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  6. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 836.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  8. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  9. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  10. 2025-05-23

    May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

  11. 2026-02-02

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 12-1

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Allen: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Valladares: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB659

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