republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-180.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer transactions: public social services: unreasonable fees."
description: "Existing federal law prohibits an individual from acting as an agent or attorney in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim under laws administered by the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs unless the individual has been recognized for those purposes, and further regulates the fees that may be charged for those services. Existing law, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, prohibits a person from charging or receiving an unreasonable fee to prepare, aid, or advise certain persons in procuring, maintaining, or securing public social services, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 180"
citation: "California SB 180 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer transactions: public social services: unreasonable fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-07"
last_action: "2011-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/905e0fd7-7f4a-4ada-bfe3-4317a180f146"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB180"
source_hash: "145452c0381532bd8ae1f42806df1c491cb3c68074a4ac08427d71cd7e10aafa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 180 (20112012) — Consumer transactions: public social services: unreasonable fees.

Existing federal law prohibits an individual from acting as an agent or attorney in the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim under laws administered by the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs unless the individual has been recognized for those purposes, and further regulates the fees that may be charged for those services. Existing law, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, prohibits a person from charging or receiving an unreasonable fee to prepare, aid, or advise certain persons in procuring, maintaining, or securing public social services, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB180&version=20110SB18099INT)
2. **05/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB180&version=20110SB18098AMD)
3. **07/12/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB180&version=20110SB18096CHP)
4. **SB180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB180)
5. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB180&version=20110SB18097ENR)

## Votes

- SB 180 Corbett Senate Third Reading By COOK — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-17** Re-referred to Coms. on V.A. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 644.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 764.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 878.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2091.)
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2190.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-07-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-07-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 79, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/905e0fd7-7f4a-4ada-bfe3-4317a180f146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).