republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2365.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts: unlawful contracts."
description: "Existing law generally regulates formation and enforcement of contracts, including what constitutes an unlawful contract. Under existing law a contract is unlawful if it is contrary to an express provision of law, contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or otherwise contrary to good morals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2365"
citation: "California AB 2365 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts: unlawful contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70b83e71-a670-41bc-bdb3-f3beeafc2096"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2365"
source_hash: "218166eae6f1bd92633e874d12f09a3a00316f05678a957a5b1020919f96c4a1"
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 2365 (20132014) — Contracts: unlawful contracts.

Existing law generally regulates formation and enforcement of contracts, including what constitutes an unlawful contract. Under existing law a contract is unlawful if it is contrary to an express provision of law, contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or otherwise contrary to good morals.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2365&version=20130AB236599INT)
2. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2365&version=20130AB236598AMD)
3. **06/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2365&version=20130AB236597AMD)
4. **08/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2365&version=20130AB236596AMD)
5. **09/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2365&version=20130AB236594CHP)
6. **AB2365** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2365)
7. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2365&version=20130AB236595ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2365 John A. Pérez By Monning — **27–9** (pass) · upper
- AB 2365 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–14** (pass) · lower
- AB 2365 PÉREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **74–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 4951.) `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`
- **2014-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 4463.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 6104.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 308, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70b83e71-a670-41bc-bdb3-f3beeafc2096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).