CA SB 766
enactedCalifornia Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 766 pass?
Yes. CA SB 766 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 354, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 766 about?
Existing law governs motor vehicle conditional sale contracts, as defined, and requires a seller, prior to the execution of a conditional sale contract, to make certain disclosures to the buyer, including a description and the price of each item sold if the contract includes a charge for the item, and the sum of all of those charges. Existing law prohibits a dealer from selling specified used vehicles at retail to an individual for personal, family, or household use without offering the buyer a contract cancellation option agreement that allows the buyer to return the vehicle without cause. Existing law sets forth certain requirements for the contract cancellation option agreement, including prescribing the purchase price for the contract cancellation option and requiring specified disclosures. This bill would enact the California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act. The bill would define the terms "vehicle" and "used vehicle" for these purposes. The bill would make it a violation of the act for a dealer to make any misrepresentation regarding material information about specified matters relating to the vehicle sale, including the costs or terms of purchasing, financing, or leasing a vehicle, the availability of vehicles at a total price communicated by the dealer, and the remedy available if a dealer fails to sell or lease a vehicle at the total price, as defined. The bill would also make it a violation of the act for a dealer to fail to make certain disclosures clear and conspicuous, including specified information relating to the total price and any add-on products or services, and would exempt from that provision a used vehicle sold at an auction, as defined. The bill would make it a violation of the act for a dealer, in connection with the sale or financing of a vehicle, to charge for certain items, including an add-on product or service if the vehicle purchaser or lessee would not benefit from the add-on product or service. The bill would repeal the above-described contract cancellation option agreement requirement and would instead prohibit a dealer from selling or leasing specified used vehicles without providing the purchaser or lessee a 3-day right to cancel the purchase or lease, as provided. The bill would require a dealer to create and retain, for a period of 2 years from the date the record is created, all records necessary to demonstrate compliance with the act, including specified records. The bill would make its provisions operative on October 1, 2026. The bill would make related conforming changes.
Who sponsors CA SB 766?
Allen is the primary sponsor of CA SB 766, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law governs motor vehicle conditional sale contracts, as defined, and requires a seller, prior to the execution of a conditional sale contract, to make certain disclosures to the buyer, including a description and the price of each item sold if the contract includes a charge for the item, and the sum of all of those charges. Existing law prohibits a dealer from selling specified used vehicles at retail to an individual for personal, family, or household use without offering the buyer a contract cancellation option agreement that allows the buyer to return the vehicle without cause. Existing law sets forth certain requirements for the contract cancellation option agreement, including prescribing the purchase price for the contract cancellation option and requiring specified disclosures. This bill would enact the California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act. The bill would define the terms "vehicle" and "used vehicle" for these purposes. The bill would make it a violation of the act for a dealer to make any misrepresentation regarding material information about specified matters relating to the vehicle sale, including the costs or terms of purchasing, financing, or leasing a vehicle, the availability of vehicles at a total price communicated by the dealer, and the remedy available if a dealer fails to sell or lease a vehicle at the total price, as defined. The bill would also make it a violation of the act for a dealer to fail to make certain disclosures clear and conspicuous, including specified information relating to the total price and any add-on products or services, and would exempt from that provision a used vehicle sold at an auction, as defined. The bill would make it a violation of the act for a dealer, in connection with the sale or financing of a vehicle, to charge for certain items, including an add-on product or service if the vehicle purchaser or lessee would not benefit from the add-on product or service. The bill would repeal the above-described contract cancellation option agreement requirement and would instead prohibit a dealer from selling or leasing specified used vehicles without providing the purchaser or lessee a 3-day right to cancel the purchase or lease, as provided. The bill would require a dealer to create and retain, for a period of 2 years from the date the record is created, all records necessary to demonstrate compliance with the act, including specified records. The bill would make its provisions operative on October 1, 2026. The bill would make related conforming changes.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 354, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Allenauthor
- Sterncoauthor
- Kalracoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-03-12
Referred to Coms. on TRANS., JUD., and APPR.
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2025-03-25
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 711.) (April 8).
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2025-04-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-11
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 943.) (April 29).
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2025-05-01
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-09
Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19
May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1212.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 1377.) 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 Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P.
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2025-06-11
June 17 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-13
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-06-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2025-07-02
Coauthors revised.
2025-07-14
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 16).
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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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2025-08-29
Read third time and amended.
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2025-08-29
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-05
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-10
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3169.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-10
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2894.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 354, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
- 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
- 05/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-01Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/13/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-13Compare
- 06/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-26Compare
- 07/14/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-14Compare
- 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
- 08/29/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-29Compare
- 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-05Compare
- 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
- 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-08 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Strickland: no
- Dahle: no
- Valladares: no
- Seyarto: other
- Grayson: other
- Richardson: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Arreguín: yes
- Allen: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Valladares: other
- Niello: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-19 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: other
- Dahle: other
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
2025-06-02 · pass · 27-9
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
- Valladares: no
- Seyarto: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Jones: no
- Niello: other
- Hurtado: other
- Archuleta: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2025-07-01 · pass · 9-1
Member-level votes (12)
- Connolly: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Papan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Macedo: other
- Dixon: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-07-16 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Wilson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bryan: other
- Wicks: other
- Patterson: other
- DeMaio: other
SB 766 Allen Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan
2025-09-10 · pass · 76-1
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: 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
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Wallis: no
- Chen: other
- Tangipa: other
- Dixon: other
Unfinished Business SB766 Allen et al. Concurrence
2025-09-11 · pass · 30-8
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Seyarto: no
- Jones: no
- Grove: no
- Strickland: no
- Dahle: no
- Choi: no
- Valladares: other
- Niello: other
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