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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 826: Deceptive practices: service members and veterans.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 826 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Deceptive practices: service members and veterans. Primary sponsor: Jeff Gonzalez (R). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

The Consumers Legal Remedies Act makes unlawful certain unfair methods of competition and certain unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by a person in a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to a consumer, including advertising or promoting any event, presentation, seminar, workshop, or other public gathering regarding veterans’ benefits or entitlements that does not include certain statements, as specified.

This bill would expand the above-described unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts to include advertising or promoting any service that does not include the specified statements.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff GonzalezPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly36
Laurie DaviesCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly74
Pilar SchiavoCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly40

“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. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
  2. Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
  3. In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  4. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  5. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
  6. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  8. Coauthors revised.
  9. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. Read second time and amended.
  11. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. Read second time and amended.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page