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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle."
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description: "(1) Existing law prescribes specified procedures to govern actions seeking the restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle, or for civil penalties, pursuant to the provisions of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act or Tanner Consumer Protection Act. Beginning April 1, 2025, existing law will require the consumer to, prior to seeking civil penalties, provide a written notice to the manufacturer that, among other things, demands the manufacturer's restitution for or replacement of the consumer's vehicle."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 26"
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citation: "California SB 26 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civilactions", "restitutionfororreplacementofanewmotorvehicle"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-12-02"
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last_action: "2025-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a8b966a-c041-491f-97e1-0fa45c79b1cd"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB26"
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source_hash: "9e041ea800784ecbf9f3bbd0722e7185e448fb6d2cac2fc04606a6bd69beb848"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 26 (20252026) — Civil actions: restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle.
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(1) Existing law prescribes specified procedures to govern actions seeking the restitution for or replacement of a new motor vehicle, or for civil penalties, pursuant to the provisions of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act or Tanner Consumer Protection Act. Beginning April 1, 2025, existing law will require the consumer to, prior to seeking civil penalties, provide a written notice to the manufacturer that, among other things, demands the manufacturer's restitution for or replacement of the consumer's vehicle.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/02/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB26&version=20250SB2699INT)
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2. **03/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB26&version=20250SB2698AMD)
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3. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB26&version=20250SB2697AMD)
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4. **04/02/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB26&version=20250SB2695CHP)
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5. **SB26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB26)
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6. **04/01/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB26&version=20250SB2696ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading SB26 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — **10–1** (pass) · upper
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- SB 26 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Kalra — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB26 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **38–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Umberg — primary (person)
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- Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2024-12-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 2.
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-03** Set for hearing February 11.
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- **2025-02-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 176.) (February 11). Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Set for hearing March 3.
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- **2025-03-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 304.) (March 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 364.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-24** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** 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`
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- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 948.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-04-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 604.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2025-04-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a8b966a-c041-491f-97e1-0fa45c79b1cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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