20250AB__272195AMD INTRODUCED 2026-02-20 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-03-23 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2026-04-23 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-06-22 AMENDED_SENATE 2026-07-02 AB AMD Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Gipson) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ávila Farías, Mark González, Haney, Lee, Lowenthal, and Solache) LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Carrillo PRINCIPAL_COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Gipson COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Ávila Farías COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Mark González COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Haney COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Lee COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Lowenthal COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Solache

An act to add

Section to 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 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. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section is added to the Business and Professions Code , to read: 17211. (

a) An operator of a hotel with actual knowledge of a reservation with the United States Customs and Border Protection or United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on its premises shall, no later than the time of arrival of an employee of that federal entity, post a notice in a prominent and accessible place where it can be seen by all workers that discloses the potential presence of the United States Customs and Border Protection or United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on its premises. (

b) The operator shall ensure that the notice remains prominently displayed for the duration of the reservation. (

c) An operator who has established a protocol to comply with this

section in good faith shall be found in compliance with this section. (

d) The hotel and its operator shall not be liable for loss of life, injuries, violations, penalties, liabilities, or any damages that might occur pursuant to compliance with the requirements of this section. (

e) This

section does not impose any duty on an operator of a hotel to seek information. (

f) A violation of this

section shall be deemed engaging in unfair competition for purposes of this chapter. (

g) For purposes of this section, the following

definitions apply: (1) “Hotel” has the same meaning as

Section 17210. (2) “Operator” means a person who, at a minimum, meets both of the following criteria: (

A) The person is employed directly by the hotel owner or an entity charged with overseeing the day-to-day operations of the hotel. (

B) The person is classified as a “manager” by title and works or more hours per week at the hotel.