republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2136.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts: statute of frauds."
description: "Existing law prescribes the manner in which contracts may be created. Under existing law, certain contracts are invalid unless the contract, or some note or memorandum of the contract, is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged. Under existing law, an agreement or contract that is valid in other respects and is otherwise enforceable is not invalid for lack of a note, memorandum, or other writing and is enforceable by way of action or defense, provided that the agreement or contract is a qualified financial contract, as defined, and there is sufficient evidence to indicate that a contract has been made, including, among other alternatives, a written confirmation or the parties have agreed by some other means to be bound by the terms of the qualified financial contract from the time they reached agreement on those terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2136"
citation: "California AB 2136 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts: statute of frauds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6779131-1636-4659-8e85-61686ce43d79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2136"
source_hash: "2c51adae80b23619cba0e55731199e1e7c2cc88cabd90bf405ce8650cc0a2c85"
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 2136 (20132014) — Contracts: statute of frauds.

Existing law prescribes the manner in which contracts may be created. Under existing law, certain contracts are invalid unless the contract, or some note or memorandum of the contract, is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged. Under existing law, an agreement or contract that is valid in other respects and is otherwise enforceable is not invalid for lack of a note, memorandum, or other writing and is enforceable by way of action or defense, provided that the agreement or contract is a qualified financial contract, as defined, and there is sufficient evidence to indicate that a contract has been made, including, among other alternatives, a written confirmation or the parties have agreed by some other means to be bound by the terms of the qualified financial contract from the time they reached agreement on those terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2136&version=20130AB213699INT)
2. **03/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2136&version=20130AB213698AMD)
3. **07/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2136&version=20130AB213696CHP)
4. **AB2136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2136)
5. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2136&version=20130AB213697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2136 DALY Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #17 — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4966.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4147.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2014-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 107, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6779131-1636-4659-8e85-61686ce43d79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).