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Bill	Judiciary omnibus.	(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Justice in the state government, under the direction and control of the Attorney General. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General to arrange and classify the work of the Department of Justice and to consolidate, abolish, or create divisions, bureaus, branches, sections, or units within the department. Various provisions of existing law governing contracts in restraint of trade; false advertising; the regulation of telephonic sellers, sellers of travel, and discount buying organizations, as those terms are defined; and the payment of eligible claims by the Consumer Motor Vehicle Recovery Corporation, refer to the Consumer Law Section within the Department of Justice.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 3281	California AB 3281 (20232024)	bill	Judiciary omnibus	enacted	Committee on Judiciary	9	28	6	2024-02-29	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/6083cbf6-499d-4c5e-b169-cd97fcfcda9d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3281	ba37eb3082991574ae96dafc414480e695ee4852f9c266e4773e185d9a6a47f4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3281 (20232024) — Judiciary omnibus.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Justice in the state government, under the direction and control of the Attorney General. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General to arrange and classify the work of the Department of Justice and to consolidate, abolish, or create divisions, bureaus, branches, sections, or units within the department. Various provisions of existing law governing contracts in restraint of trade; false advertising; the regulation of telephonic sellers, sellers of travel, and discount buying organizations, as those terms are defined; and the payment of eligible claims by the Consumer Motor Vehicle Recovery Corporation, refer to the Consumer Law Section within the Department of Justice.

Version chain

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

1. 02/29/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/09/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/10/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB3281 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 3281 Judiciary Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — 62–9 (pass) · lower
• AB 3281 Judiciary Assembly Third Reading By KALRA — 59–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB3281 JUD. (Kalra) By Umberg — 32–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-29 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2024-03-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 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
• 2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5146.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 10. Page 5299.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 9.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 853, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6083cbf6-499d-4c5e-b169-cd97fcfcda9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).