CA SB 22
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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 22 pass?
Yes. CA SB 22 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 207, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 22 about?
Existing law provides that a gift certificate, sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certificate except that a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $10 is redeemable in cash for its cash value. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "gift certificate" to include gift cards. This bill would, instead, make a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $15 redeemable in cash for its cash value, exempt from that redemption provision certain gift certificates that are donated to a nonprofit or a charitable organization, as provided, and make these provisions operative on April 1, 2026. The bill would expand the definition of "gift certificate" to include electronic gift cards. The bill would also make conforming changes.
Who sponsors CA SB 22?
Laird is the primary sponsor of CA SB 22.
Description
Existing law provides that a gift certificate, sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certificate except that a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $10 is redeemable in cash for its cash value. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "gift certificate" to include gift cards. This bill would, instead, make a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $15 redeemable in cash for its cash value, exempt from that redemption provision certain gift certificates that are donated to a nonprofit or a charitable organization, as provided, and make these provisions operative on April 1, 2026. The bill would expand the definition of "gift certificate" to include electronic gift cards. The bill would also make conforming changes.
- Introduced
- 2024-12-02
- Latest action
- 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 207, Statutes of 2025.
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- bill
- Last updated
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Action timeline
2024-12-02
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2024-12-03
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-03
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-10
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-04-10
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 704.) (April 8).
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2025-04-21
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1384.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-03
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-09
Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2025-07-01
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 24).
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2025-07-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-07-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-02
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 3281.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2964.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 207, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass as amended
2025-04-08 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (13)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: no
3rd Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 27-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Niello: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Jones: no
- Hurtado: other
- Archuleta: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-06-24 · pass · 9-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Ward: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bennett: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Patterson: no
- Hoover: no
- Dixon: no
- McKinnor: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
SB 22 Laird Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan
2025-09-11 · pass · 58-16
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Chen: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Caloza: other
- Johnson: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Gabriel: other
- Castillo: other
- Flora: other
Unfinished Business SB22 Laird Concurrence
2025-09-12 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Choi: other
- Gonzalez: other
- Jones: other
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