---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service contracts."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Electronic and Appliance Repair Dealer Registration Law, makes it unlawful for any person to act as a service contract administrator or a service contract seller without first registering with the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2111"
citation: "California AB 2111 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Service contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5ca6778-6268-42c6-89a5-3d53a52ad5a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111"
source_hash: "7c1d1f0d6ca930c7281420ceae0f78514aedc1599dae2b3ac6a4e5bca4dcbc64"
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 2111 (20092010) — Service contracts.

(1) Existing law, the Electronic and Appliance Repair Dealer Registration Law, makes it unlawful for any person to act as a service contract administrator or a service contract seller without first registering with the Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings, and Thermal Insulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211199INT)
2. **03/23/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211198AMD)
3. **04/12/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211197AMD)
4. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211196AMD)
5. **05/06/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211195AMD)
6. **06/14/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211194AMD)
7. **08/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211193AMD)
8. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211191CHP)
9. **AB2111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111)
10. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2111&version=20090AB211192ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2111 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Insurance. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2111 Smyth By Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2111 SMYTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and INS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5343.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-05** From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2010-08-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4712.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6463.)
- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6485.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 543, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5ca6778-6268-42c6-89a5-3d53a52ad5a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).