CA SB 276
enactedCity and County of San Francisco: merchandising sales.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 276 pass?
Yes. CA SB 276 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 406, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 276 about?
Under existing law, knowingly buying or receiving stolen property or property that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, as specified, is punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony if the value of the property exceeds $950. Existing law prohibits a local authority from regulating sidewalk vendors, except in accordance with certain provisions, including that a local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt requirements regulating the time, place, and manner of sidewalk vending if the requirements are directly related to objective health, safety, or welfare concerns. This bill, until January 1, 2031, would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to adopt an ordinance requiring a permit for the sale of specified merchandise on public property, if the ordinance includes specified written findings supported by substantial evidence, including, among other things, that there has been a significant pattern of merchandise being the subject of retail theft and then appearing for sale on public property within the City and County of San Francisco. The bill would require an ordinance adopted by the City and County of San Francisco to, among other things, identify a local permitting agency that is responsible for administering a permit system. The bill would authorize the ordinance to provide specified punishments for selling merchandise without a permit, including that 2nd and 3rd violations within 18 months of the first violation would be punishable as infractions, and that subsequent violations after 3 prior violations, that occur within 18 months of the first violation, would be punishable as infractions or misdemeanors by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 6 months, or by both that imprisonment and a fine. This bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to charge a fee for the cost of issuing a permit, not to exceed the reasonable regulatory costs of implementing the bill, as provided. The bill would authorize the permitting agency to accept specified forms of identification in lieu of a social security number, if the permitting agency otherwise requires a social security number for the issuance of a permit or business license, but would require the number collected from the alternative identification to be confidential, except as provided. The bill would prohibit the permitting agency from inquiring into or collecting certain information, including, information about an individual's immigration or citizenship status or criminal history. This bill would require, if an ordinance is adopted, the permitting agency to submit a report to the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco and the Legislature by January 1 of each year that includes specified information, including, among other things, the list or lists of merchandise that the City and County of San Francisco determined was a common target of retail theft. The bill would require the City and County of San Francisco, at least 60 days prior to the enactment of an ordinance, to hold one or more workshops to inform the development of the ordinance, and would require the City and County of San Francisco to administer a public information campaign for at least 30 calendar days prior to the enactment of the ordinance, including public announcements in major media outlets and press releases. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors CA SB 276?
Wiener is the primary sponsor of CA SB 276, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Under existing law, knowingly buying or receiving stolen property or property that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, as specified, is punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony if the value of the property exceeds $950. Existing law prohibits a local authority from regulating sidewalk vendors, except in accordance with certain provisions, including that a local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt requirements regulating the time, place, and manner of sidewalk vending if the requirements are directly related to objective health, safety, or welfare concerns. This bill, until January 1, 2031, would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to adopt an ordinance requiring a permit for the sale of specified merchandise on public property, if the ordinance includes specified written findings supported by substantial evidence, including, among other things, that there has been a significant pattern of merchandise being the subject of retail theft and then appearing for sale on public property within the City and County of San Francisco. The bill would require an ordinance adopted by the City and County of San Francisco to, among other things, identify a local permitting agency that is responsible for administering a permit system. The bill would authorize the ordinance to provide specified punishments for selling merchandise without a permit, including that 2nd and 3rd violations within 18 months of the first violation would be punishable as infractions, and that subsequent violations after 3 prior violations, that occur within 18 months of the first violation, would be punishable as infractions or misdemeanors by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 6 months, or by both that imprisonment and a fine. This bill would authorize the City and County of San Francisco to charge a fee for the cost of issuing a permit, not to exceed the reasonable regulatory costs of implementing the bill, as provided. The bill would authorize the permitting agency to accept specified forms of identification in lieu of a social security number, if the permitting agency otherwise requires a social security number for the issuance of a permit or business license, but would require the number collected from the alternative identification to be confidential, except as provided. The bill would prohibit the permitting agency from inquiring into or collecting certain information, including, information about an individual's immigration or citizenship status or criminal history. This bill would require, if an ordinance is adopted, the permitting agency to submit a report to the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco and the Legislature by January 1 of each year that includes specified information, including, among other things, the list or lists of merchandise that the City and County of San Francisco determined was a common target of retail theft. The bill would require the City and County of San Francisco, at least 60 days prior to the enactment of an ordinance, to hold one or more workshops to inform the development of the ordinance, and would require the City and County of San Francisco to administer a public information campaign for at least 30 calendar days prior to the enactment of the ordinance, including public announcements in major media outlets and press releases. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-04
- Latest action
- 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 406, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Wienerauthor
- Haneycoauthor
- Stefanicoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-04
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-05
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
2025-02-14
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV., PUB. S., and APPR.
referral-committee
2025-03-04
Set for hearing March 19.
2025-03-13
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
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2025-03-19
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 422.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-04-09
Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 840.) (April 22).
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2025-04-24
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-29
Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-05-06
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-06
Read third time and amended.
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2025-05-06
Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-27
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1240.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and PUB. S.
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2025-07-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15).
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2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-28
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 2. Page 2770.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-08-28
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-04
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2510.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 406, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/04/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-04Compare
- 03/13/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-13Compare
- 04/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-24Compare
- 05/06/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-06Compare
- 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
- 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
- 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2025-03-19 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-22 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Seyarto: yes
3rd Reading SB276 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause
2025-05-27 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Allen: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Stern: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Jones: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Becker: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Niello: yes
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2025-07-02 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wilson: yes
Do pass as amended.
2025-07-15 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Mark González: yes
SB 276 Wiener Third Reading Urgency By Stefani
2025-08-28 · pass · 65-2
Member-level votes (79)
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Krell: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Chen: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Papan: yes
- Soria: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hart: yes
- Solache: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ward: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bains: yes
- Flora: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Patel: yes
- Davies: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Fong: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Haney: yes
- Wallis: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Tangipa: no
- Bryan: other
- Kalra: other
- Zbur: other
- Bonta: other
- Alvarez: other
- Berman: other
- Hadwick: other
- Ortega: other
- Elhawary: other
- Dixon: other
- Valencia: other
- Gallagher: other
Unfinished Business SB276 Wiener et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Reyes: other
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