CA SB 493
introducedUnlawful business practices: price gouging.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 493 pass?
Not yet. CA SB 493 has been introduced but has not advanced to a vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-30): Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
What is CA SB 493 about?
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 governing authority of any county, city, or city and county, and for 30 days or 180 days, as specified, following the proclamation or declaration of emergency and any period the proclamation or declaration is extended by the applicable authority, it is a misdemeanor for any person, business, or other entity to sell or offer to sell specified goods and services for a price of more than 10% greater than the price charged by that entity for those goods or services immediately prior to the proclamation or declaration of emergency or prior to a date set in the proclamation or declaration. Existing law also makes related protections against eviction. Existing law defines "state of emergency" for these purposes as a natural or manmade emergency resulting from an earthquake, flood, fire, riot, storm, drought, plant or animal infestation or disease, pandemic or epidemic disease outbreak, or other natural or manmade disaster for which a state of emergency has been declared by the President of the United States or the Governor. This bill would additionally include war, as defined, to the above-described disasters for purposes of the definition of a "state of emergency" for essential consumer goods or services and upon the proclamation or declaration by the President of the United States or the Governor and for which the Attorney General has issued a written opinion finding a sufficient nexus between the war at issue and increases in the prices of those goods or services. By expanding the application of an existing crime to additional circumstances, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 396 of the Penal Code proposed by SB 1365 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1365 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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.
Who sponsors CA SB 493?
Becker is the primary sponsor of CA SB 493, joined by 2 cosponsors.
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 governing authority of any county, city, or city and county, and for 30 days or 180 days, as specified, following the proclamation or declaration of emergency and any period the proclamation or declaration is extended by the applicable authority, it is a misdemeanor for any person, business, or other entity to sell or offer to sell specified goods and services for a price of more than 10% greater than the price charged by that entity for those goods or services immediately prior to the proclamation or declaration of emergency or prior to a date set in the proclamation or declaration. Existing law also makes related protections against eviction. Existing law defines "state of emergency" for these purposes as a natural or manmade emergency resulting from an earthquake, flood, fire, riot, storm, drought, plant or animal infestation or disease, pandemic or epidemic disease outbreak, or other natural or manmade disaster for which a state of emergency has been declared by the President of the United States or the Governor. This bill would additionally include war, as defined, to the above-described disasters for purposes of the definition of a "state of emergency" for essential consumer goods or services and upon the proclamation or declaration by the President of the United States or the Governor and for which the Attorney General has issued a written opinion finding a sufficient nexus between the war at issue and increases in the prices of those goods or services. By expanding the application of an existing crime to additional circumstances, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 396 of the Penal Code proposed by SB 1365 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1365 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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
- 2025-02-19
- Latest action
- 2026-08-30 — Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
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- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Beckerauthor
- Allencoauthor
- Sterncoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-30
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-21
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2026-08-21
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-21
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 13).
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2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 30).
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2026-06-18
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-06-15
Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
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2026-06-11
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-11
Read third time and amended.
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2026-06-08
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-08
Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
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2025-08-29
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-08-29
Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-08-28
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2773.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-08-21
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-20
Coauthors revised.
2025-08-20
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
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2025-07-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-05-29
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-05-29
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1319.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1202.) (May 23).
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2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-12
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-06
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-04-29
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 933.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-03-28
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on AGRI.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
- 05/06/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-06Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-25Compare
- 06/11/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-11Compare
- 06/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-18Compare
- 07/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-02Compare
- 08/13/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-13Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-21Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- McNerney: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Padilla: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading SB493 Becker et al.
2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Jones: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Laird: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Choi: yes
- Valladares: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Niello: yes
- Allen: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Limón: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-02 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Alanis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Soria: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
Do pass.
2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
SB 493 Becker Senate Third Reading By Wilson
2025-08-28 · pass · 75-1
Member-level votes (79)
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Chen: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Papan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Solache: 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
- Gallagher: yes
- Davies: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Elhawary: 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
- Alvarez: other
- Berman: other
- Valencia: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-30 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (9)
- Mark González: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Alanis: no
- Lackey: no
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Nguyen: other
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