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Bill	Unfair Practices Act.	The Unfair Practices Act makes various practices unlawful and provides that any person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty. That act specifies who is authorized to bring an action to enforce it, including a city attorney of any city having a population in excess of 750,000. That act requires 1 /2 of the penalty collected to be paid to the treasurer of the city in which the judgment was entered and the other 1 /2 to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered, if the action was brought by a city attorney or city prosecutor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 3020	California AB 3020 (20192020)	bill	Unfair Practices Act.	enacted	Gloria	4	18	4	2020-02-21	2020-09-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a22c90c0-2694-4d5b-bb90-1003569217a3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3020	357e5026f052ebdebb210ddf403bd9f21be9411bda91d1e635981af8e6c92880	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3020 (20192020) — Unfair Practices Act.

The Unfair Practices Act makes various practices unlawful and provides that any person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty. That act specifies who is authorized to bring an action to enforce it, including a city attorney of any city having a population in excess of 750,000. That act requires 1 /2 of the penalty collected to be paid to the treasurer of the city in which the judgment was entered and the other 1 /2 to the treasurer of the county in which the judgment was entered, if the action was brought by a city attorney or city prosecutor.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/11/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB3020 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/25/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB3020 Gloria et al. By Hueso — 29–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 3020 Gloria Assembly Third Reading — 57–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gloria — primary (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2020-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2020-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2020-04-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2020-05-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-05-27 Coauthors revised.
• 2020-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 4682.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2020-07-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 4289.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2020-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2020-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a22c90c0-2694-4d5b-bb90-1003569217a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).