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CA AB 1640

enacted

California Restaurant Reservation AntiPiracy Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1640 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1640 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1640 about?

Existing law regulates various businesses to preserve and regulate competition and prohibit unfair practices, among other purposes. Existing law imposes various business practice restrictions on a food delivery platform, defined as an online business that acts as an intermediary between consumers and multiple food facilities to submit food orders from a consumer to a participating food facility, and to arrange for the delivery of the order from the food facility to the consumer. Existing law prohibits a food delivery platform from arranging the delivery of an order from a food facility without first obtaining an agreement with the food facility expressly authorizing the platform to take orders and deliver meals, as prescribed. This bill would prohibit a person from selling or transferring, or facilitating the sale or transfer of, a reservation for a restaurant, as defined, for an amount higher than that person paid to acquire the reservation, except as specified. The bill would authorize the Attorney General, any county counsel or city attorney, and an individual or entity who suffers actual harm as a result of a violation of the act to recover specified civil penalties. The bill would require a civil penalty recovered by the Attorney General pursuant to the act to be deposited in the Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund.

Who sponsors CA AB 1640?

Stefani is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1640, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law regulates various businesses to preserve and regulate competition and prohibit unfair practices, among other purposes. Existing law imposes various business practice restrictions on a food delivery platform, defined as an online business that acts as an intermediary between consumers and multiple food facilities to submit food orders from a consumer to a participating food facility, and to arrange for the delivery of the order from the food facility to the consumer. Existing law prohibits a food delivery platform from arranging the delivery of an order from a food facility without first obtaining an agreement with the food facility expressly authorizing the platform to take orders and deliver meals, as prescribed. This bill would prohibit a person from selling or transferring, or facilitating the sale or transfer of, a reservation for a restaurant, as defined, for an amount higher than that person paid to acquire the reservation, except as specified. The bill would authorize the Attorney General, any county counsel or city attorney, and an individual or entity who suffers actual harm as a result of a violation of the act to recover specified civil penalties. The bill would require a civil penalty recovered by the Attorney General pursuant to the act to be deposited in the Public Rights Law Enforcement Special Fund.

Introduced
2026-03-02
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Stefaniauthor
  • Lowenthalauthor
  • Pachecocoauthor
  • Michelle Rodriguezcoauthor
  • Blanca Rubiocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-27

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-08

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-28

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

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  5. 2026-08-28

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6791.).

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  6. 2026-08-27

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  8. 2026-08-25

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  9. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-13

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  11. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  12. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  13. 2026-06-29

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2026-06-22

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  15. 2026-06-18

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  16. 2026-06-17

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16).

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  17. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. P. & E.D.

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  18. 2026-05-27

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  19. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)

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  20. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5294.)

  21. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  23. 2026-04-22

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  24. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  25. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  26. 2026-03-03

    Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  27. 2026-03-02

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

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  28. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.

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  29. 2026-01-28

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.

  30. 2026-01-27

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/27/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-27Compare
  • 03/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-02Compare
  • 06/18/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-18Compare
  • 06/22/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-22Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 09/02/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-02Compare
  • 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB1640Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-03-25 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Patterson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Irwin: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-07 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Dixon: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 1640 Stefani Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-26 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ellis: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-16 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: other
    • Weber Pierson: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-29 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Strickland: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes

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