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type: "Bill"
title: "Gift certificates."
description: "Existing law provides that a gift certificate, sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certificate except that a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $10 is redeemable in cash for its cash value. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines \"gift certificate\" to include gift cards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "California SB 22 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Giftcertificates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-02"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d918c35-95c5-4167-bd8f-1558ac0d2353"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22"
source_hash: "ad9198928fc6e833bbe86d70ae49328abf4527da81843d348e9f269a10c7bd58"
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 22 (20252026) — Gift certificates.
Existing law provides that a gift certificate, sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certificate except that a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $10 is redeemable in cash for its cash value. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines "gift certificate" to include gift cards.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/02/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22&version=20250SB2299INT)
2. **04/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22&version=20250SB2298AMD)
3. **07/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22&version=20250SB2297AMD)
4. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22&version=20250SB2296AMD)
5. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22&version=20250SB2294CHP)
6. **SB22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22)
7. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB22&version=20250SB2295ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **94** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **2710** (pass) · upper
- SB 22 Laird Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — **5816** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **112** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB22 Laird Concurrence — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Laird — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-12-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
- **2025-01-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2025-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 704.) (April 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1384.) 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 Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 3281.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2964.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 207, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d918c35-95c5-4167-bd8f-1558ac0d2353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).