Assembly Business and Professions Committee, Tuesday, April 7, 2026

7 April 2026

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Assembly Business and Professions Committee Di., 7. Apr. 2026 California State Assembly

36:54 - 41:54

Redner 1

Good morning, everyone. We are waiting for a republican colleague to join us. It is it is a typical courtesy, in the legislature to wait until we have bipartisan representation on the dais before we start committee hearings. But also out of respect for everybody else who's already here, we're not gonna wait that long. So we'll give, why don't we wait two more minutes?

We'll wait until we'll say three more minutes. We'll wait till 09:07 before we get started, or we'll start earlier if a republican gets here. Okay. 09:07 it is. Good morning.

Welcome to this morning's meeting of the Assembly Business and Professions Committee hearing. I would once again like to welcome Assembly members Addis and Hart to the committee and to thank majority leader Aguirre Curry for serving on the committee today in the absence of assemblymember's Bauer Cahan. There are a total of 18 bills on today's agenda, and half of those bills are proposed for consent. Today's consent items are as follows, a b fifteen eighty seven by Assembly member Ta, a b seventeen sixty by Assembly member Arambula, a b seventeen sixty seven by myself, a b seventeen seventy eight by Assembly member Patterson, a b seventeen eighty five by Assembly member Hoover, a b nineteen thirty nine by minority leader Flora, a b nineteen sixty five by assembly member Sharp Collins, a b twenty two fifty by majority leader Aguirre Curry, and a b twenty two fifty six by assembly member Chen. Before we begin today's agenda, I will remind everyone that the assembly has rules to ensure we maintain order and run an efficient and fair hearing.

We apply these rules consistently to all people who participate in our proceedings regardless of the viewpoint they express. In order to facilitate the goal of hearing as much from the public within the limits of our time, we will not permit conduct that disrupts, disturbs, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of legislative proceedings. For each of the measures being presented today, we will be allowing primary witnesses here in the room to speak for up to two minutes each with up to two primary witnesses per side. Any additional witnesses will be limited to name, position on the bill, and the organization they represent, if any. For those wishing to provide further comments, we are accepting written testimony through the position letter portal on the committee's website.

That was all a mouthful. And with that, we will begin today's hearing. My hope is that we have assembly member Nguyen, I think, might be the the first up. Let's do it. You've got agenda item number three, a b seventeen fifty eight.

Ready when you are. They're all rushing over here. So excited for the committee hearing to get started.

41:55 - 42:10

Redner 15

Yes. There you go, mister chair. Good morning, mister chair and members. I'm here today to present seventeen fifty eight. This bill updates the annual assessment that sellers of travel pay into the travel consumer restitution fund.

42:10 - 42:51

Redner 2

It allows the cap from 35 to $60 per location and allows small adjustments tied to inflation. The current cap hasn't been updated since 1996 and has not kept up with the cost of administering the program. As a result, it has created some strain on the fund over time. This fund is what helps reimburse consumers when a travel business goes out of business or doesn't deliver the service they paid for. So it's important that it remains stable.

This is a straightforward update to keep the program working as intended. Here with me is Jerry Desmond representing the California Coalition of Travel Organizations.

42:54 - 43:39

Redner 10

Chair and members, Jerry Desmond with CCTO, the California Coalition of the Travel Organizations, which is a legislative coalition of national, state and regional associations of travel agents and tour operators that sponsored the original legislation back in 1994 that was authored by Jackie Speer. And we're very proud to be able to say her name and have Stephanie, a member Stephanie Wynn carry the ball forward with an update this year. We believe the restitution fund has been effective and efficient over the last thirty years. And it's only recently we became aware that unless late if late fees are not considered, the operation of the fund would be in the red. And so we think it's time for a modest increase of 35 to 60.

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