republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1160.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts: translation."
description: "Existing law requires a person in a trade or business who negotiates specified contracts or agreements primarily in the languages of Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean to deliver to the other party, prior to execution of the contract or agreement, a translation of the contract or agreement in the applicable foreign language, except as specified. Under existing law, failure to comply with these provisions entitles the aggrieved party to rescind the contract or agreement. Under existing law, these provisions apply to specified loans or extensions of credit subject to the Industrial Loan Law and the California Finance Lenders Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1160"
citation: "California AB 1160 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts: translation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c56995b-e4ad-411a-8811-f84d94fa4dd6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160"
source_hash: "fd944f85e57b6a70c4c54497e5d8cdb4f4a8c3f97df042c52217eafbc49412a6"
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 1160 (20092010) — Contracts: translation.

Existing law requires a person in a trade or business who negotiates specified contracts or agreements primarily in the languages of Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean to deliver to the other party, prior to execution of the contract or agreement, a translation of the contract or agreement in the applicable foreign language, except as specified. Under existing law, failure to comply with these provisions entitles the aggrieved party to rescind the contract or agreement. Under existing law, these provisions apply to specified loans or extensions of credit subject to the Industrial Loan Law and the California Finance Lenders Law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116099INT)
2. **04/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116098AMD)
3. **04/22/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116097AMD)
4. **05/05/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116096AMD)
5. **06/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116095AMD)
6. **06/11/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116094AMD)
7. **07/23/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116093AMD)
8. **09/03/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116092AMD)
9. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116090CHP)
10. **AB1160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160)
11. **09/16/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1160&version=20090AB116091ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1160 Fong By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1160 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1160 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)
- Cedillo — principal coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
- Furutani — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Nava — coauthor (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)
- Tran — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-04** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-05** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1922.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 20. Page 2174.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-25** Referred to Coms. on B., F. & I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2294.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 3276.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 274, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c56995b-e4ad-411a-8811-f84d94fa4dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).