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Bill California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act. Existing law governs motor vehicle conditional sale contracts, as defined, and requires a seller, prior to the execution of a conditional sale contract, to make certain disclosures to the buyer, including a description and the price of each item sold if the contract includes a charge for the item, and the sum of all of those charges. us/states/ca California Legislature 20252026 SB 766 California SB 766 (20252026)
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California SB 766 (20252026) — California Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS) Act.

Existing law governs motor vehicle conditional sale contracts, as defined, and requires a seller, prior to the execution of a conditional sale contract, to make certain disclosures to the buyer, including a description and the price of each item sold if the contract includes a charge for the item, and the sum of all of those charges.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/13/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 06/26/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 07/14/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  8. 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  9. 08/29/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  10. 09/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  11. 10/06/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  12. SB766 (committee substitute) — source
  13. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 110 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading — 279 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 110 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 91 (pass) · lower
  • Placed on suspense file — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 93 (pass) · upper
  • SB 766 Allen Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 761 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB766 Allen et al. Concurrence — 308 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 51 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Allen — primary (person)
  • Kalra — coauthor (person)
  • Stern — 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
  • 2025-03-12 Referred to Coms. on TRANS., JUD., and APPR. referral-committee
  • 2025-03-25 Set for hearing April 8.
  • 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 711.) (April 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-04-11 Set for hearing April 29.
  • 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 943.) (April 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
  • 2025-05-19 May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2025-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
  • 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1212.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 1377.) 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 Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
  • 2025-06-11 June 17 hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2025-06-13 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
  • 2025-06-26 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
  • 2025-07-02 Coauthors revised.
  • 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2025-08-29 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-08-29 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-05 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3169.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2025-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2894.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
  • 2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 354, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/696f0c5c-868e-4d7c-a324-31a183cf67fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).