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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Consumer affairs."
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description: "(1) Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of various agencies that license and regulate various businesses and professions. Existing law requires certain agencies to disclose information on the status of its licensees on the internet, as specified. In this regard, existing law specifies the licensees on which the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau is required to disclose information, including, among others, cemetery brokers, salespersons, and managers."
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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 861"
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citation: "California SB 861 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Consumeraffairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2560d0b3-4fdd-4b78-8072-e63472aaf98a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861"
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source_hash: "fcd2dbbd747cfcde86e8264de95ab53c61fbfcd155f7d684603fcafe7b12085d"
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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 861 (20252026) — Consumer affairs.
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(1) Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of various agencies that license and regulate various businesses and professions. Existing law requires certain agencies to disclose information on the status of its licensees on the internet, as specified. In this regard, existing law specifies the licensees on which the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau is required to disclose information, including, among others, cemetery brokers, salespersons, and managers.
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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. **03/13/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861&version=20250SB86199INT)
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2. **05/14/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861&version=20250SB86198AMD)
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3. **06/30/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861&version=20250SB86197AMD)
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4. **09/04/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861&version=20250SB86196AMD)
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5. **09/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861&version=20250SB86195AMD)
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6. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861&version=20250SB86193CHP)
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7. **SB861** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861)
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8. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB861&version=20250SB86194ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 861 Business, Professions and Senate Third Reading By FLORA — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd SB861 B., P. & E.D. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB861 B., P. & E.D. (Ashby) Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 13.
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- **2025-03-26** Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
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- **2025-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 809.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 944.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2025-05-06** May 12 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-05-09** Set for hearing May 19.
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- **2025-05-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1137.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-29** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-07-17** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
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- **2025-07-17** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-09** Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 20. Page 3128.)
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-09** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-13** Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
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- **2025-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3438.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3060.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 592, 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/2560d0b3-4fdd-4b78-8072-e63472aaf98a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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