---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marketplaces: online marketplaces."
description: "Existing law requires a marketplace, as defined, to ensure that its terms and conditions regarding commercial relationships with marketplace sellers meet certain criteria, including that they are drafted in plain and intelligible language."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 301"
citation: "California SB 301 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marketplaces: online marketplaces."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05565868-afec-406a-b751-a59851d2d42f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301"
source_hash: "8a28cc7eb9688195e36e8e4db266a2412bf4e61aaa42330e64a15e4849d3ed65"
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 301 (20212022) — Marketplaces: online marketplaces.

Existing law requires a marketplace, as defined, to ensure that its terms and conditions regarding commercial relationships with marketplace sellers meet certain criteria, including that they are drafted in plain and intelligible language.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301&version=20210SB30199INT)
2. **01/03/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301&version=20210SB30197AMD)
3. **01/13/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301&version=20210SB30196AMD)
4. **03/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301&version=20210SB30198AMD)
5. **06/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301&version=20210SB30195AMD)
6. **06/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301&version=20210SB30194AMD)
7. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301&version=20210SB30192CHP)
8. **SB301** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301)
9. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB301&version=20210SB30193ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 301 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB301 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2021-03-26** April 6 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-12-28** Set for hearing January 12.
- **2022-01-03** 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`
- **2022-01-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 2755.) (January 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-14** Set for hearing January 18.
- **2022-01-18** January 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-01-19** Set for hearing January 20.
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2794.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2804.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6004.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5078.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05565868-afec-406a-b751-a59851d2d42f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).