{"id":12592,"date":"2026-08-25T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=12592"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:22:28","slug":"hfa-backed-california-bill-modernizing-health-club-fee-caps-heads-to-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/ihrsa\/hfa-backed-california-bill-modernizing-health-club-fee-caps-heads-to-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"HFA-Backed California Bill Modernizing Health Club Fee Caps Heads to Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-300x72.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10014\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-300x72.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-200x48.png 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-768x185.png 768w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association-800x192.png 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Health-and-Fitness-Association.png 836w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Health and Fitness Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> &#8211; The Health &#038; Fitness Association (HFA) applauds the California Legislature\u2019s passage of AB 2402, legislation that would modernize the state\u2019s decades-old membership fee restrictions for multiservice health club studios. The bill passed the California Senate unanimously this week by a 39-0 vote and now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature. HFA co-sponsored the legislation and has advocated for its passage throughout the legislative process.<\/p>\n<p>AB 2402 would remove the existing $4,400 membership fee cap for facilities that qualify as a \u201cmultiservice health club studio\u201d by offering at least three additional services, including digital platforms, individualized training programming, fitness instructor training, group fitness classes, coworking space, childcare, a swimming pool, a steam room, laundry services, or onsite food and beverages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia\u2019s fitness industry has changed dramatically since these limits were last updated more than two decades ago,\u201d said Greta Wagner, interim president and CEO of the Health &#038; Fitness Association. \u201cAB 2402 recognizes the wide range of services today\u2019s fitness facilities provide and gives consumers greater freedom to choose the fitness and wellness experiences that work for them, while maintaining important consumer protections. We appreciate the Legislature\u2019s strong bipartisan support and urge Gov. Newsom to sign this commonsense modernization into law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>California is home to approximately 12,400 gyms and health clubs. Yet membership fee limits under the state\u2019s Health Studio Services Act have remained unchanged since 2005, even as the fitness and wellness industry and the services that facilities provide have evolved significantly.<\/p>\n<p>HFA is also supporting similar modernization efforts in New York, where lawmakers recently passed legislation to adjust the state\u2019s $3,600 annual health club fee cap, which has remained unchanged since 1991, for inflation. The bill is awaiting delivery to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her signature.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation would preserve existing consumer protection requirements and oversight for traditional gyms while recognizing the expanded business models of multiservice facilities.<\/p>\n<p>HFA is encouraging its California members to join the association in urging Gov. Newsom to sign AB 2402.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong> &#8211; The Health &#038; Fitness Association (HFA) applauds the California Legislature\u2019s passage of AB 2402, legislation that would modernize the state\u2019s decades-old membership fee restrictions for multiservice health club studios. The bill passed the California Senate unanimously this week by a 39-0 vote and now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his signature. HFA co-sponsored the legislation and has advocated for its passage throughout the legislative process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[65,682],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12593,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12592\/revisions\/12593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}