republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2658.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secretary of the Government Operations Agency: working group: blockchain technology."
description: "Existing law, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, specifies that a record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form and that a contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation. Among other things, the act provides that if a law requires a record to be in writing, or if a law requires a signature, an electronic record or signature satisfies the law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2658"
citation: "California AB 2658 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Secretary of the Government Operations Agency: working group: blockchain technology."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/938430e3-1f08-4ef4-a080-44b2d2aaec9f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658"
source_hash: "512c664f070a90bda90b80de3e85416fab3faa0de1c8efd98d14fc3674ae53e0"
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 2658 (20172018) — Secretary of the Government Operations Agency: working group: blockchain technology.

Existing law, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, specifies that a record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form and that a contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation. Among other things, the act provides that if a law requires a record to be in writing, or if a law requires a signature, an electronic record or signature satisfies the law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658&version=20170AB265899INT)
2. **04/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658&version=20170AB265898AMD)
3. **05/09/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658&version=20170AB265897AMD)
4. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658&version=20170AB265896AMD)
5. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658&version=20170AB265895AMD)
6. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658&version=20170AB265893CHP)
7. **AB2658** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658)
8. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2658&version=20170AB265894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2658 CALDERON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2658 Calderon et al. By Hertzberg — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2658 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-05-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5483.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5659.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6658.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 875, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/938430e3-1f08-4ef4-a080-44b2d2aaec9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).