republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1366.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Unfair competition and false advertising: disgorgement.	Existing law generally regulates false advertising and makes it a crime for a person or a firm, corporation, or association, or any employee thereof, to engage in specified false or misleading advertising practices. Existing unfair competition laws make various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1366	California AB 1366 (20232024)	bill	Unfair competition and false advertising disgorgement	enacted	Maienschein	6	23	7	2023-02-17	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/11485866-8068-4fa8-9f69-007748dc2859	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1366	84550ddc769b8931c1dd84f0d78c2f136711150fbd498fba0060473483cff615	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1366 (20232024) — Unfair competition and false advertising: disgorgement.

Existing law generally regulates false advertising and makes it a crime for a person or a firm, corporation, or association, or any employee thereof, to engage in specified false or misleading advertising practices. Existing unfair competition laws make various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1366 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1366 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1366 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1366 Maienschein By Padilla — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1597.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2563.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3269.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 686, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/11485866-8068-4fa8-9f69-007748dc2859. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).