CA AB 1954
enactedMunicipal golf courses: reservations.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1954 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1954 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 476, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1954 about?
Existing law authorizes a city to purchase, lease, receive, hold, and enjoy real and personal property, and control and dispose of that property for the common benefit. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to acquire property needed for specified purposes, including golf courses. This bill would prohibit an operator of a third-party golf reservation service platform from listing, advertising, promoting, selling, or transferring reservations for a golf course owned by a local public agency without a written authorization from the golf course operator, as specified. The bill would exempt from this prohibition the sale or transfer of a reservation, for no more than the amount paid, by an individual who purchased the reservation, if the golf course operator does not clearly post their cancellation policy on the internet website where the reservation is secured. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
Who sponsors CA AB 1954?
Ward is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1954.
Description
Existing law authorizes a city to purchase, lease, receive, hold, and enjoy real and personal property, and control and dispose of that property for the common benefit. Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city to acquire property needed for specified purposes, including golf courses. This bill would prohibit an operator of a third-party golf reservation service platform from listing, advertising, promoting, selling, or transferring reservations for a golf course owned by a local public agency without a written authorization from the golf course operator, as specified. The bill would exempt from this prohibition the sale or transfer of a reservation, for no more than the amount paid, by an individual who purchased the reservation, if the golf course operator does not clearly post their cancellation policy on the internet website where the reservation is secured. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-17
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 476, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Wardauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 476, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-25
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-19
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
2026-08-19
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6247.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-17
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
2026-08-17
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-17
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5500.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-05
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-04
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-04
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-03
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
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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.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-04
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. P. & E.D.
referral-committee
2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5206.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-14
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)
2026-05-13
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-05-06
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-21
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-20
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 16).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-04-07
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-18
Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T.
referral-committee
2026-03-17
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-16
Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S., & T. and P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2026-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2026-02-13
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/13/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-13Compare
- 03/17/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-17Compare
- 04/21/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-21Compare
- 06/04/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-04Compare
- 08/04/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-04Compare
- 08/21/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-21Compare
- 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2026-04-07 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Lackey: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ward: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: other
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-16 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Macedo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Irwin: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hoover: 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 1954 Ward Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 70-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Davies: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hart: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ramos: other
- Wilson: other
- Carrillo: other
- Flora: other
- Garcia: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Hoover: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred 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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