AB 1927: Bail Consumer Protection Act.

The bill aims to regulate the business of bail agents in the state. It prohibits bail agents or impersonators from soliciting bail from family members or known contacts of arrested individuals for the purpose of engaging them in bail bond services. However, this prohibition does not apply if the communication is in response to a voluntary inquiry or bona fide request for bail bond services initiated by the family member or known contact. The bill prescribes civil penalties, enforceable by the attorney general, for violating these provisions. It also makes a violation an unfair and deceptive trade practice under the unfair competition law, allowing private individuals to bring civil actions for actual damages, injunctive relief, and reasonable attorney's fees.