republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-313.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advertising: automatic renewal and continuous service offers."
description: "Existing law makes it unlawful for a business that makes an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer to a consumer in this state, among other things, to fail to present the automatic renewal or continuous service offer terms in a clear and conspicuous manner, to charge the consumer for an automatic renewal or continuous service without first obtaining the consumer's affirmative consent, and to fail to provide an acknowledgment that includes the automatic renewal or continuous service offer terms, cancellation policy, and information regarding how to cancel in a manner that is capable of being retained by the consumer, as specified. A violation of these provisions is subject to enforcement by any available civil remedies, except for specified activities exempt from these requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "California SB 313 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advertising: automatic renewal and continuous service offers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99d3640e-e7e1-4b21-b19a-897a632a3d86"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313"
source_hash: "6155c377136796235ca217a6397bace50a63a309dab10c04595c8b8dbb19ff83"
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 313 (20172018) — Advertising: automatic renewal and continuous service offers.

Existing law makes it unlawful for a business that makes an automatic renewal offer or continuous service offer to a consumer in this state, among other things, to fail to present the automatic renewal or continuous service offer terms in a clear and conspicuous manner, to charge the consumer for an automatic renewal or continuous service without first obtaining the consumer's affirmative consent, and to fail to provide an acknowledgment that includes the automatic renewal or continuous service offer terms, cancellation policy, and information regarding how to cancel in a manner that is capable of being retained by the consumer, as specified. A violation of these provisions is subject to enforcement by any available civil remedies, except for specified activities exempt from these requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313&version=20170SB31399INT)
2. **03/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313&version=20170SB31398AMD)
3. **04/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313&version=20170SB31397AMD)
4. **08/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313&version=20170SB31396AMD)
5. **08/31/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313&version=20170SB31395AMD)
6. **09/28/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313&version=20170SB31393CHP)
7. **SB313** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313)
8. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB313&version=20170SB31394ENR)

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2017-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 539.) (March 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-03** Published April 3 at 2 p.m.
- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 763.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3402.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2994.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 356, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99d3640e-e7e1-4b21-b19a-897a632a3d86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).