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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franchise relations: renewal and termination."
description: "The California Franchise Relations Act sets forth certain requirements related to the termination, nonrenewal, and transfer of franchises between a franchisor, subfranchisor, and franchisee, as those terms are defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 525"
citation: "California AB 525 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Franchise relations: renewal and termination."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d78c28c-0bca-4a82-ad75-df76bb6542c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525"
source_hash: "0ac5f212b5149c49d707f949f99755d2c90b2f4c289ce288901f14e2a0e1513e"
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 AB 525 (20152016) — Franchise relations: renewal and termination.
The California Franchise Relations Act sets forth certain requirements related to the termination, nonrenewal, and transfer of franchises between a franchisor, subfranchisor, and franchisee, as those terms are defined.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52599INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52598AMD)
3. **05/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52597AMD)
4. **05/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52596AMD)
5. **06/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52595AMD)
6. **06/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52594AMD)
7. **07/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52593AMD)
8. **08/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52592AMD)
9. **08/24/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52591AMD)
10. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52589CHP)
11. **AB525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525)
12. **09/03/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB525&version=20150AB52590ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 525 HOLDEN Assembly Third Reading — **56–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB525 Holden By Jackson — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 525 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Holden — primary (person)
- Atkins — author (person)
- Dodd — author (person)
- Wilk — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-13** From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. & P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1340.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 12. Page 1433.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2191.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2669.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 776, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d78c28c-0bca-4a82-ad75-df76bb6542c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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