republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-22.md

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Bill	Gift certificates.	Existing law provides that a gift certificate, sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certificate except that a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $10 is redeemable in cash for its cash value. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "gift certificate" to include gift cards.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 22	California SB 22 (20252026)	bill	Giftcertificates	enacted	Laird	7	21	5	2024-12-02	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3d918c35-95c5-4167-bd8f-1558ac0d2353	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22	ad9198928fc6e833bbe86d70ae49328abf4527da81843d348e9f269a10c7bd58	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 22 (20252026) — Gift certificates.

Existing law provides that a gift certificate, sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certificate except that a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $10 is redeemable in cash for its cash value. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "gift certificate" to include gift cards.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB22 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/17/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 9–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 27–10 (pass) · upper
• SB 22 Laird Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 58–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 11–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB22 Laird Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-12-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
• 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-03 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2025-04-10 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 704.) (April 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1384.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 3281.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2964.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 207, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d918c35-95c5-4167-bd8f-1558ac0d2353. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).