---
type: "Bill"
title: "Written agreements: exclusion of evidence."
description: "Existing law provides that the terms set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to the terms may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement. Existing law defines the term \"agreement\" to include deeds and wills, as well as contracts between parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 824"
citation: "California AB 824 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Written agreements: exclusion of evidence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ad2564c-9d5e-4e07-894d-fe18ebabe404"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB824"
source_hash: "7dc5c8450fd6988d4126d85fd4ed13ac0e317daa948a02fd94a4f6f134f84b62"
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 824 (20132014) — Written agreements: exclusion of evidence.

Existing law provides that the terms set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to the terms may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement. Existing law defines the term "agreement" to include deeds and wills, as well as contracts between parties.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB824&version=20130AB82499INT)
2. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB824&version=20130AB82497CHP)
3. **AB824** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB824)
4. **06/26/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB824&version=20130AB82498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 824 JONES Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1409.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1488.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 81, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ad2564c-9d5e-4e07-894d-fe18ebabe404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).