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CA SB 763

enacted

Conspiracy against trade: punishment.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 763 pass?

Yes. CA SB 763 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 426, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 763 about?

Existing law, known as the Cartwright Act, generally regulates trusts, which the act defines as a combination of capital, skill, or acts by 2 or more persons for certain purposes, including to create or carry out restrictions in trade or commerce. If a violator of the act is a corporation, the act punishes the violator by a fine of the greater of an amount not more than $1,000,000 and an amount related to the pecuniary gain from the violation or the pecuniary loss to another by the violation, as prescribed. If a violator of the act is an individual, the act punishes the violator by imprisonment of one, 2, or 3 years in a state prison or county jail, as specified, imprisonment of not more than one year in a county jail, by a fine of not more than the greater of $250,000 and an amount related to the pecuniary gain from the violation or the pecuniary loss to another by the violation, or by both a fine and imprisonment. This bill would increase the fine described above with respect to corporate violators to $6,000,000. The bill would also increase the fine described above with respect to an individual violator to $1,000,000. The bill would impose an additional civil penalty of $1,000,000 on a person, corporation, or business entity for violating the act, as prescribed. The bill would also make a technical change.

Who sponsors CA SB 763?

Hurtado is the primary sponsor of CA SB 763.

Description

Existing law, known as the Cartwright Act, generally regulates trusts, which the act defines as a combination of capital, skill, or acts by 2 or more persons for certain purposes, including to create or carry out restrictions in trade or commerce. If a violator of the act is a corporation, the act punishes the violator by a fine of the greater of an amount not more than $1,000,000 and an amount related to the pecuniary gain from the violation or the pecuniary loss to another by the violation, as prescribed. If a violator of the act is an individual, the act punishes the violator by imprisonment of one, 2, or 3 years in a state prison or county jail, as specified, imprisonment of not more than one year in a county jail, by a fine of not more than the greater of $250,000 and an amount related to the pecuniary gain from the violation or the pecuniary loss to another by the violation, or by both a fine and imprisonment. This bill would increase the fine described above with respect to corporate violators to $6,000,000. The bill would also increase the fine described above with respect to an individual violator to $1,000,000. The bill would impose an additional civil penalty of $1,000,000 on a person, corporation, or business entity for violating the act, as prescribed. The bill would also make a technical change.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 426, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hurtadoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 426, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-13

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3020.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-09-12

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 3400.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-09-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-09-02

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  9. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 29).

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  10. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  11. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  13. 2025-06-16

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.

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  14. 2025-06-05

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  15. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1519.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  16. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1212.) (May 23).

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  18. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  19. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  20. 2025-05-12

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  21. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  22. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 945.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. 2025-04-11

    Set for hearing April 29.

  24. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 707.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  25. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 8.

  26. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.

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  27. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  28. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  29. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
  • 09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • SB763Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

    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
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-29 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Seyarto: no
  • 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 · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Dahle: other
  • 3rd Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 29-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Jones: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Choi: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Niello: no
    • Grove: no
    • Reyes: other
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 8-3

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Connolly: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Pacheco: other
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 7-2

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Lackey: no
    • Alanis: no
  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 10-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Pacheco: other
  • SB 763 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Kalra

    2025-09-13 · pass · 53-20

    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
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: 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
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Chen: no
    • Flora: no
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Bains: other
  • Unfinished Business SB763 Hurtado Concurrence

    2025-09-13 · pass · 29-8

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Jones: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Gonzalez: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Choi: other

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