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Bill
Contracts.
Existing law regulates contracts and authorizes a non-negotiable written contract for the payment of money or personal property to be transferred by indorsement, in like manner with negotiable instruments. Under existing law, indorsement transferred all the rights of the assignor under the instrument to the assignee, subject to all equities and defenses existing in favor of the maker at the time of the indorsement.
us/states/ca
California Legislature
20192020
AB 1821
California AB 1821 (20192020)
enacted
4
15
4
2019-03-06
2019-07-12
openstates
ocd-bill/905b012d-2a48-40e8-ab1c-7a6884460e5c
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1821
559c3e12297526faca3123c2eb8efabd0c26dab754afe234f483349f3dfc7d8d
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump
2026-07-06
reported
California AB 1821 (20192020) — Contracts.
Existing law regulates contracts and authorizes a non-negotiable written contract for the payment of money or personal property to be transferred by indorsement, in like manner with negotiable instruments. Under existing law, indorsement transferred all the rights of the assignor under the instrument to the assignee, subject to all equities and defenses existing in favor of the maker at the time of the indorsement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
03/06/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
07/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
AB1821 (committee substitute) — source
07/03/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
3rd Reading AB1821 JUD. (Stone) By Stern — 29– 10 (pass) · upper
AB 1821 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By STONE — 59– 17 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 9– 3 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7– 2 (pass) · upper
Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-03-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-03-07 From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
2019-03-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-04-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 1350.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-08 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1868.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2019-07-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-07-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 116, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/905b012d-2a48-40e8-ab1c-7a6884460e5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).