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Bill Deceptive practices: service members and veterans. The Consumers Legal Remedies Act makes unlawful certain unfair methods of competition and certain unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by a person in a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to a consumer, including charging or receiving an unreasonable fee, as defined, to prepare, aid, or advise any prospective applicant, applicant, or recipient in the procurement, maintenance, or securing of public social services, as defined to include, among other things, veterans pensions. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 694 California SB 694 (20252026)
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California SB 694 (20252026) — Deceptive practices: service members and veterans.

The Consumers Legal Remedies Act makes unlawful certain unfair methods of competition and certain unfair or deceptive acts or practices undertaken by a person in a transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to a consumer, including charging or receiving an unreasonable fee, as defined, to prepare, aid, or advise any prospective applicant, applicant, or recipient in the procurement, maintenance, or securing of public social services, as defined to include, among other things, veterans pensions.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 02/10/26 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB694 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 01/27/26 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd — 360 (pass) · upper
  • W/O REF. TO FILE — 256 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 110 (pass) · lower
  • Be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 120 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 40 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 60 (pass) · lower
  • SB 694 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Schiavo — 680 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Archuleta — primary (person)
  • Cervantes — author (person)
  • Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
  • Schiavo — principal coauthor (person)
  • Stefani — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
  • 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
  • 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2025-03-05 Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-28 Set for hearing April 28.
  • 2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 919.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
  • 2025-05-08 May 12 hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
  • 2025-05-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2025-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1137.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2025-05-29 Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-09 Coauthors revised.
  • 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2927.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-04 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
  • 2025-09-08 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2570.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2025-09-09 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 2753.) (September 9). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-26 Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 3280.)
  • 2026-01-26 Ordered to unfinished business.
  • 2026-01-26 Consent granted to take up without reference to file.
  • 2026-01-26 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 6. Page 3280.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-01-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2026-02-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-02-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/118d7ec1-7a96-4245-8c7c-147e54dedc2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).