AB 1758: Sellers of travel.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law regulates sellers of travel, as defined, and requires a seller of travel to annually register with the Attorney General. Existing law establishes the Travel Consumer Restitution Corporation to provide restitution to a person aggrieved by the failure of a seller of travel, as specified, and provides for payment of claims from the Travel Consumer Restitution Fund established by the corporation. Existing law requires the corporation to establish and maintain an operations fund for the payment of costs of operations and administration. Existing law requires the corporation to bill and collect from each registered seller of travel an annual assessment not to exceed $35 for the operation fund.

This bill would increase the maximum amount of the assessment for the operations fund to $60, then, starting January 1, 2031, to $70. The bill would authorize the corporation to increase the maximum amount once per fiscal year in an amount not to exceed any one-year increase in the California Consumer Price Index for the immediately preceding year.

This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.

This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. September 14, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 14, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. August 27, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 20, 2026In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
5. August 20, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10.).
6. June 30, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
7. June 29, 2026From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
8. June 15, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
9. June 10, 2026Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
10. June 1, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
11. May 28, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 5545.)
12. May 19, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.