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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Contracts."
+description: "Existing law generally regulates the nature of contracts and establishes principles for the interpretation of contracts."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20212022"
+identifier: "SB 762"
+citation: "California SB 762 (20212022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Contracts."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-02-19"
+last_action: "2021-09-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f059e2df-0020-41ab-b9d3-fbb8e19828e3"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762"
+source_hash: "11a907bd6cdf5756ca70d5890d7f7309aee68cc6fe87240edf8a9753260339ac"
+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 762 (20212022) — Contracts.
+
+Existing law generally regulates the nature of contracts and establishes principles for the interpretation of contracts.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76299INT)
+2. **03/09/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76298AMD)
+3. **06/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76297AMD)
+4. **09/22/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76295CHP)
+5. **SB762** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762)
+6. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76296ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Unfinished Business SB762 Wieckowski Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Consent Calendar SB762 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 762 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Stone — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wieckowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
+- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
+- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
+- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 6.
+- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 688.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 885.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-07** June 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2021-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2472.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2021-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2213.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2021-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 222, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f059e2df-0020-41ab-b9d3-fbb8e19828e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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