California AB2721: Unfair Competition Law: hotels.

What the bill says

An act to add and repeal Section 17211 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. business Unfair Competition Law: hotels. 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…

From the enrolled text, September 3, 2026:

An act to add and repeal Section 17211 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. business Unfair Competition Law: hotels. 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 …

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Sponsors

• Juan Carrillo (D, AD39) · primary sponsor
• Mike Gipson (D, AD65)
• Ávila Farías, Anamarie (D, AD15)
• Mark González (D, AD54)
• Matt Haney (D, AD17)
• Alex Lee (D, AD24)
• Solache, José Luis (D, AD62)
• Josh Lowenthal (D, AD69)

Latest actions

1. September 30, 2026: Vetoed by Governor.
2. September 10, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
3. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 6926.).
4. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 19.).
5. August 30, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
6. August 30, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. August 30, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11.).
8. August 27, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. August 26, 2026: Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
10. August 24, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2721 Carrillo et al. By Padilla (August 30, 2026): 29 yea, 11 nay, passed
• AB 2721 Carrillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 57 yea, 19 nay, passed
• Do pass (August 13, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
• Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 30, 2026): 10 yea, 2 nay, passed
• AB 2721 Carrillo Assembly Third Reading (May 27, 2026): 52 yea, 20 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB2721?

AB2721 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Unfair Competition Law: hotels.

What does AB2721 do?

In its own words: An act to add and repeal Section 17211 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. business Unfair Competition Law: hotels. 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…

What is the status of AB2721?

Vetoed as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Vetoed by Governor. (September 30, 2026).

Who sponsored AB2721?

Juan Carrillo (D, AD39), with 7 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB2721?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2721