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Bill	Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle.	(1) Existing law prescribes specified procedures to govern actions seeking the restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle, or for civil penalties, pursuant to the provisions of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act or Tanner Consumer Protection Act. Beginning April 1, 2025, existing law will require the consumer to, prior to seeking civil penalties, provide a written notice to the manufacturer that, among other things, demands the manufacturer's restitution for or replacement of the consumer's vehicle.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 26	California SB 26 (20252026)	bill	Civilactions restitutionfororreplacementofanewmotorvehicle	enacted	Umberg	6	23	6	2024-12-02	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/7a8b966a-c041-491f-97e1-0fa45c79b1cd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB26	9e041ea800784ecbf9f3bbd0722e7185e448fb6d2cac2fc04606a6bd69beb848	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 26 (20252026) — Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle.

(1) Existing law prescribes specified procedures to govern actions seeking the restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle, or for civil penalties, pursuant to the provisions of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act or Tanner Consumer Protection Act. Beginning April 1, 2025, existing law will require the consumer to, prior to seeking civil penalties, provide a written notice to the manufacturer that, among other things, demands the manufacturer's restitution for or replacement of the consumer's vehicle.

Version chain

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

1. 12/02/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/02/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB26 (committee substitute) — source
6. 04/01/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB26 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 26 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Kalra — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB26 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Umberg — primary (person)
• Kalra — principal coauthor (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 Coms. on JUD. and B. P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2025-02-03 Set for hearing February 11.
• 2025-02-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 176.) (February 11). Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Set for hearing March 3.
• 2025-03-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 304.) (March 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-03-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-03-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-13 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 364.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-03-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-03-24 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 948.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-01 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-04-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 604.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-04-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a8b966a-c041-491f-97e1-0fa45c79b1cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).