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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hotel and private residence rental reservations: cancellation: refunds."
+description: "The Unfair Competition Law (UCL) makes various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "SB 644"
+citation: "California SB 644 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Hotel and private residence rental reservations", "cancellation", "refunds"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-10-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/352c6d17-db58-4884-9208-cf537fe26577"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644"
+source_hash: "f3500ebc5e1e243eb8f4c082d1c4fbc4310978c820eb39e1df5815fb990c490d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 644 (20232024) — Hotel and private residence rental reservations: cancellation: refunds.
+
+The Unfair Competition Law (UCL) makes various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64499INT)
+2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64498AMD)
+3. **04/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64497AMD)
+4. **06/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64496AMD)
+5. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64495AMD)
+6. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64493CHP)
+7. **SB644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644)
+8. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64494ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading SB644 Glazer et al. — **33–6** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB644 Glazer et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 644 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Berman — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Glazer — primary (person)
+- Allen — coauthor (person)
+- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
+- Berman — coauthor (person)
+- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
+- Cortese — coauthor (person)
+- Dodd — coauthor (person)
+- Gipson — coauthor (person)
+- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
+- Limón — coauthor (person)
+- McCarty — coauthor (person)
+- Newman — coauthor (person)
+- Rubio — coauthor (person)
+- Umberg — coauthor (person)
+- Wiener — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
+- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 11.
+- **2023-03-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 687.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-18** Set for hearing April 24.
+- **2023-04-24** April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
+- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
+- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1178.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 1256.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-01** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-12** July 12 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2996.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2602.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 718, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/352c6d17-db58-4884-9208-cf537fe26577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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