---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business contracts."
description: "Business contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 601"
citation: "California AB 601 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2002-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b06d41ca-1be6-44bb-9730-fd3d7f023ca5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB601"
source_hash: "389d2ebed5244c78227e1a586e5e3c92d969356a0beaec4792be6614bc4e20c1"
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 AB 601 (20012002) — Business contracts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB601&version=20010AB60199INT)
2. **06/03/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB601&version=20010AB60198AMD)
3. **07/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB601&version=20010AB60196CHP)
4. **AB601** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB601)
5. **06/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB601&version=20010AB60197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 601 Leach Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 601 Leach Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB601 Leach — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 7092.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5026.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1463.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b06d41ca-1be6-44bb-9730-fd3d7f023ca5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).