---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer affairs."
description: "Existing law makes unlawful certain acts identified as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result, or that results, in the sale or lease of goods to any consumer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "California SB 12 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Consumer affairs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffc50b78-68fd-4d1f-81f8-96ac6078933f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB12"
source_hash: "065b7628eda1c4e3f66d3f382cd8da3f7789205bfe68147f765edbd61dd907f8"
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 12 (20132014) — Consumer affairs.

Existing law makes unlawful certain acts identified as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by any person in a transaction intended to result, or that results, in the sale or lease of goods to any consumer.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB12&version=20130SB1299INT)
2. **06/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB12&version=20130SB1298AMD)
3. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB12&version=20130SB1297AMD)
4. **10/04/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB12&version=20130SB1295CHP)
5. **SB12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB12)
6. **09/11/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB12&version=20130SB1296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 12 Corbett Senate Third Reading By TING — **49–25** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB12 Corbett Concurrence — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Set for hearing April 1.
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 388.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 566.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2013-04-29** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1005.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1094.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted. `committee-failure`
- **2013-06-25** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-08-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 3010.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2280.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2013-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 541, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffc50b78-68fd-4d1f-81f8-96ac6078933f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).