--- type: "Bill" title: "Consumers Legal Remedies Act: advertisements: restaurant, bar, and other food services." description: "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 goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised. Existing law authorizes a consumer who suffers damage as a result of the use or employment by a person of a method, act, or practice declared to be unlawful by that provision to bring an action against that person to recover or obtain certain relief, including actual damages of at least $1,000." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 1524" citation: "California SB 1524 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Consumers Legal Remedies Act", "advertisements", "restaurant", "bar", "and other food services"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"] version_count: 6 action_count: 32 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2024-03-12" last_action: "2024-06-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/174dcb6b-e36b-4458-9ecc-da208065d064" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524" source_hash: "ad23ef056a24475a05479a756d5c7c2abb9dbea7fd14f29009adf3b37c639184" 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 1524 (20232024) — Consumers Legal Remedies Act: advertisements: restaurant, bar, and other food services. 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 goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised. Existing law authorizes a consumer who suffers damage as a result of the use or employment by a person of a method, act, or practice declared to be unlawful by that provision to bring an action against that person to recover or obtain certain relief, including actual damages of at least $1,000. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **03/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152499INT) 2. **06/05/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152498AMD) 3. **06/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152497AMD) 4. **06/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152495CHP) 5. **SB1524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524) 6. **06/27/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152496ENR) ## Votes - SB 1524 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By HANEY — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1524 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower - That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd SB1524 G.O. — **37–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Dodd — primary (person) - Aguiar-Curry — principal coauthor (person) - Gabriel — principal coauthor (person) - Haney — coauthor (person) - Wiener — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-03-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-03-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 12. - **2024-03-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-04-09** Set for hearing April 23. - **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3724.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6. - **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3874.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-05-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-05** June 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2024-06-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-10** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-17** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. - **2024-06-17** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. - **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-06-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. - **2024-06-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5983.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-06-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-06-24** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2024-06-24** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4677.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2024-06-25** Set for hearing June 25. - **2024-06-25** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4718.) `committee-passage` - **2024-06-27** Urgency clause adopted. - **2024-06-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4820.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2024-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 43, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/174dcb6b-e36b-4458-9ecc-da208065d064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).