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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unfair Practices Act."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 3020"
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citation: "California AB 3020 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Unfair Practices Act."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gloria"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-02-21"
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last_action: "2020-09-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a22c90c0-2694-4d5b-bb90-1003569217a3"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3020"
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source_hash: "357e5026f052ebdebb210ddf403bd9f21be9411bda91d1e635981af8e6c92880"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 3020 (20192020) — Unfair Practices Act.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3020&version=20190AB302099INT)
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2. **09/11/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3020&version=20190AB302097CHP)
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3. **AB3020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3020)
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4. **08/25/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3020&version=20190AB302098ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB3020 Gloria et al. By Hueso — **29–11** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 3020 Gloria Assembly Third Reading — **57–17** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gloria — primary (person)
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- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2020-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2020-04-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-05-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2020-05-27** Coauthors revised.
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- **2020-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 4682.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 4289.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2020-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2020-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 75, Statutes of 2020.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a22c90c0-2694-4d5b-bb90-1003569217a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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