republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1524.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumers Legal Remedies Act: advertisements: restaurant, bar, and other food services."
description: "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 advertising goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised. Existing law authorizes a consumer who suffers damage as a result of the use or employment by a person of a method, act, or practice declared to be unlawful by that provision to bring an action against that person to recover or obtain certain relief, including actual damages of at least $1,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1524"
citation: "California SB 1524 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumers Legal Remedies Act", "advertisements", "restaurant", "bar", "and other food services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-03-12"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/174dcb6b-e36b-4458-9ecc-da208065d064"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524"
source_hash: "ad23ef056a24475a05479a756d5c7c2abb9dbea7fd14f29009adf3b37c639184"
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 1524 (20232024) — Consumers Legal Remedies Act: advertisements: restaurant, bar, and other food services.

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 advertising goods or services with intent not to sell them as advertised. Existing law authorizes a consumer who suffers damage as a result of the use or employment by a person of a method, act, or practice declared to be unlawful by that provision to bring an action against that person to recover or obtain certain relief, including actual damages of at least $1,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152499INT)
2. **06/05/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152498AMD)
3. **06/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152497AMD)
4. **06/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152495CHP)
5. **SB1524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524)
6. **06/27/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1524&version=20230SB152496ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1524 Dodd Third Reading Urgency By HANEY — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1524 Dodd et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1524 G.O. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — principal coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — principal coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 12.
- **2024-03-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3724.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3874.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-20** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** June 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-06-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2024-06-17** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-06-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5983.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-06-24** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4677.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-25** Set for hearing June 25.
- **2024-06-25** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4718.) `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2024-06-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4820.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 43, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/174dcb6b-e36b-4458-9ecc-da208065d064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).