CaliforniaSpecial business regulations: shopping carts.
What it does
Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to impound a shopping cart that has a specified permanently affixed sign if certain conditions are satisfied, including that the city, county, or city and county provides 3-day advance actual notice of the shopping cart's discovery and location to the owner of the shopping cart or their agent, except as specified.
More detail
This bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county, pursuant to an ordinance, to retrieve and return a shopping cart to the parking area or premises of the owner or retailer identified on the affixed sign, as specified, and to recover its actual costs for the retrieval and return, not to exceed $100 per shopping cart. The bill would also require actual notice for purposes of these provisions to include proof that the notice was delivered to the owner or their agent, as specified, and require the city, county, or city and county to maintain a record of that proof of delivery.
Existing law authorizes the city, county, or city and county to fine the owner of a shopping cart in an amount not to exceed $50 for each occurrence in excess of 3 during a specified 6-month period for failure to retrieve shopping carts in accordance with specified law.
The bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to fine the owner of a shopping cart in an amount not to exceed $100 instead of $50 for each occurrence pursuant to the provisions described above.
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History
- 2025
- Oct 13Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 785, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 13Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 23Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 12Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2987.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB753 Cortese Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 12In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Sep 11Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 3272.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded SB 753 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Carrillo. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 4Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 4Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 17Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Jul 17From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 16).Major
- Jul 17Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
- Jul 16
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 5Referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1243.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 8Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 7From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1038.) (May 7).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 4Set for hearing May 7.
- Apr 2Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Mar 24From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Mar 12Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 24Read first time.Minor
- Feb 24From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- Feb 21Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced