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.
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.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
SB 694 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Schiavo — 68–0 (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).