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California 20252026

AB 2721

Unfair Competition Law: hotels.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
UnfairCompetitionLaw, hotels
Introduced / first action
2026-02-20 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Business and Professions Code.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the Unfair Competition Law (UCL) , makes various practices unlawful and provides that a person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in unfair competition is liable for a civil penalty and subject to injunction, as specified. The UCL authorizes actions prosecuted under its provisions to be brought by certain public attorneys, including by the Attorney General, a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, or by a county counsel of any county within which a city has a population in excess of 750,000. The UCL prohibits the distribution, as provided, of any handbill, as defined, to any individual guest rooms in any hotel where the innkeeper has expressed objection to handbill distribution, as specified. The UCL provides that these provisions do not prohibit the distribution of a handbill to guest rooms in any hotel where the distribution has been requested or approved in writing by the innkeeper, or to any individual guest room when the occupant thereof has affirmatively requested or approved the distribution of the handbill during the duration of the guest's occupancy. This bill would require, under the UCL, the operator of a hotel, as defined, with actual knowledge of a reservation with the United States Customs and Border Protection or United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to post a prescribed notice in a prominent and accessible place where it can be seen by all workers, as provided. The bill would also require an operator of a hotel with the above-described knowledge to disclose, upon request of a guest with a reservation at the time of check-in, the potential presence of the United States Customs and Border Protection or United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on its premises during the guest's reservation. The bill would prohibit the liability of a hotel for violations of these provisions from exceeding $5,000, as provided. The bill would repeal its own provisions on January 1, 2029.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 19.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11.).

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).

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  11. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (June 30).

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  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  15. Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 20.)

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  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).

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  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  22. Read second time and amended.

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  23. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 21).

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  24. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

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  26. Referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  28. Read first time. To print.

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