CA AB 380

in committee

Price gouging.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Under existing law, upon the proclamation of a state of emergency by the President of the United States or the Governor, or upon the declaration of a local emergency by the executive officer of any county, city, or city and county, and for 30 days or 180 days, as specified, following the proclamation or declaration of emergency, it is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in county jail, a fine of $10,000, or both that imprisonment and fine, for a person, contractor, business, or other entity to sell or offer to sell certain goods or services for a price of more than 10% greater than the price charged by that person immediately prior to the proclamation or declaration of emergency. This bill would instead make that misdemeanor applicable, for those provisions for which the misdemeanor is applicable for a period of 30 days following the proclamation or declaration of emergency, for a period of 60 days. The bill would, for an entity or person other than a natural person, make that misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $25,000. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Under existing law, as described above, it is unlawful to increase the rental price for housing by more than 10%, or evict any residential tenant of residential housing, upon the proclamation or declaration of emergency. Existing law defines "housing" for purposes of these provisions as any rental housing with an initial lease term of no longer than one year. This bill would expand the definition of "housing" to include any rental housing without regard to the length of the initial lease term. The bill would make the prohibitions on increasing the rental price by more than 10% and eviction generally applicable to commercial real property. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced: 2025-03-04
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Pricegouging

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Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-11 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Haney: yes
- Nguyen: other
- Lackey: other
- Alanis: other
- Ramos: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Dixon: no
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Tangipa: other
AB 380 Mark González Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 49-9
Member-level votes (79)
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ward: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Berman: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Haney: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hart: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Patterson: no
- Ramos: no
- Sanchez: no
- Gallagher: no
- Ellis: no
- Tangipa: no
- Hoover: no
- Lackey: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Chen: other
- Castillo: other
- Macedo: other
- Alanis: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Wilson: other
- Davies: other
- Flora: other
- Carrillo: other
- Soria: other
- Bains: other
- Wallis: other
- Patel: other
- Nguyen: other
- Ta: other
- Pacheco: other
- Hadwick: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-08 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Pérez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Caballero: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes

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