---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure: arbitration."
description: "Existing law authorizes a party to appeal, among other things, an order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration. Existing law generally stays proceedings in the trial court on the judgment or order appealed from when the appeal is perfected, subject to specified exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 365"
citation: "California SB 365 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil procedure", "arbitration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiener"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29de6503-717b-4bb8-9641-494891668f26"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB365"
source_hash: "158e1ce28fd3cc31d3f780f45c8fdbbac9c98d32b55c66f5380da8f3b89590bc"
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 365 (20232024) — Civil procedure: arbitration.

Existing law authorizes a party to appeal, among other things, an order dismissing or denying a petition to compel arbitration. Existing law generally stays proceedings in the trial court on the judgment or order appealed from when the appeal is perfected, subject to specified exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB365&version=20230SB36599INT)
2. **05/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB365&version=20230SB36598AMD)
3. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB365&version=20230SB36596CHP)
4. **SB365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB365)
5. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB365&version=20230SB36597ENR)

## Votes

- SB 365 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Papan — **47–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB365 Wiener et al. — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiener — primary (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 686.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1167.) (May 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1265.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-28** June 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-07-12** July 12 set for second hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 22. Page 3012.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 710, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29de6503-717b-4bb8-9641-494891668f26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).