The Unfair Competition Law (UCL) makes various practices unlawful and provides that a person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty, as specified. For actions for relief prosecuted under the UCL, existing law authorizes those actions to be brought by certain public attorneys, including the Attorney General, a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, and a county counsel authorized by agreement with the district attorney in actions involving violation of a county ordinance.
California SB 461 (20212022) — Unfair Competition Law: enforcement.
The Unfair Competition Law (UCL) makes various practices unlawful and provides that a person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty, as specified. For actions for relief prosecuted under the UCL, existing law authorizes those actions to be brought by certain public attorneys, including the Attorney General, a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, and a county counsel authorized by agreement with the district attorney in actions involving violation of a county ordinance.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-02-25 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
2021-03-11 Set for hearing March 23.
2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 591.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-03-25 Set for hearing April 5.
2021-04-05 April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1192.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 2314.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-12 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2021-07-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2021-07-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-07-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 140, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ccf4dbc-5379-4438-9afd-6756e5e2fa29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).