republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-644.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hotel and private residence rental reservations: cancellation: refunds."
description: "The Unfair Competition Law (UCL) makes various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 644"
citation: "California SB 644 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hotel and private residence rental reservations", "cancellation", "refunds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/352c6d17-db58-4884-9208-cf537fe26577"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644"
source_hash: "f3500ebc5e1e243eb8f4c082d1c4fbc4310978c820eb39e1df5815fb990c490d"
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 644 (20232024) — Hotel and private residence rental reservations: cancellation: refunds.

The Unfair Competition Law (UCL) makes various unfair competition practices unlawful, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64499INT)
2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64498AMD)
3. **04/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64497AMD)
4. **06/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64496AMD)
5. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64495AMD)
6. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64493CHP)
7. **SB644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644)
8. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB644&version=20230SB64494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB644 Glazer et al. — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB644 Glazer et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 644 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Berman — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazer — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Blakespear — coauthor (person)
- Cortese — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-03-30** 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`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 687.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1178.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 1256.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** 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`
- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** July 12 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2996.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2602.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 718, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/352c6d17-db58-4884-9208-cf537fe26577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).