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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Arbitration agreements: enforcement."
+description: "Existing law regulates arbitrations conducted pursuant to an agreement, as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20192020"
+identifier: "SB 707"
+citation: "California SB 707 (20192020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Arbitration agreements: enforcement."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-10-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85972eb5-86c6-4fb4-ba64-dd431cc9cbcb"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707"
+source_hash: "72c918c997cc23b3b306d24c656df6f1e79cf02be4b5f01248f999aa5229cba6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 707 (20192020) — Arbitration agreements: enforcement.
+
+Existing law regulates arbitrations conducted pursuant to an agreement, as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707&version=20190SB70799INT)
+2. **03/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707&version=20190SB70798AMD)
+3. **04/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707&version=20190SB70797AMD)
+4. **04/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707&version=20190SB70796AMD)
+5. **05/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707&version=20190SB70795AMD)
+6. **10/13/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707&version=20190SB70793CHP)
+7. **SB707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707)
+8. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB707&version=20190SB70794ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 707 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Bonta — **51–21** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **8–3** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading SB707 Wieckowski et al. — **29–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wieckowski — primary (person)
+- Bonta — coauthor (person)
+- Hertzberg — author (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-08** Set for hearing April 30.
+- **2019-04-08** April 30 hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2019-04-09** Set for hearing April 23.
+- **2019-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 800.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
+- **2019-05-09** Withdrawn from committee.
+- **2019-05-09** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2019-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-05-20** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-20** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2019-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 1331.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 21. Page 3430.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-09-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2019-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2019-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 870, Statutes of 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85972eb5-86c6-4fb4-ba64-dd431cc9cbcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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