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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ticket sellers."
description: "Existing law provides comprehensive regulation of ticket sellers, including the requirement that a ticket seller issue a refund upon request to a ticket purchaser for canceled, postponed, or rescheduled events. Violation of this provision is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1556"
citation: "California AB 1556 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ticket sellers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b87e48f0-b1b3-4c6d-beda-8e087d35ac6f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556"
source_hash: "9d957364287a0ec49ea67805d37c3f3da19d748194f59fc38044bbf735c91c1e"
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 AB 1556 (20212022) — Ticket sellers.
Existing law provides comprehensive regulation of ticket sellers, including the requirement that a ticket seller issue a refund upon request to a ticket purchaser for canceled, postponed, or rescheduled events. Violation of this provision is a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556&version=20210AB155699INT)
2. **04/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556&version=20210AB155698AMD)
3. **04/27/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556&version=20210AB155697AMD)
4. **06/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556&version=20210AB155696AMD)
5. **07/07/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556&version=20210AB155695AMD)
6. **09/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556&version=20210AB155693CHP)
7. **AB1556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556)
8. **09/03/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1556&version=20210AB155694ENR)
## Votes
- AB 1556 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — **760** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1556 Friedman et al. By Newman — **360** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **110** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **60** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · upper
- AB 1556 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Friedman — primary (person)
- Newman — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1548.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-07-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2219.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2625.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2643.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2021-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b87e48f0-b1b3-4c6d-beda-8e087d35ac6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).