Existing law provides that a contract is extinguished by its rescission and sets forth methods for the rescission of a contract. Existing law authorizes a buyer to cancel certain home solicitation contracts or offers until midnight of the 3rd business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase which complies with specified requirements. Existing law authorizes a buyer to cancel a home solicitation contract written for certain home improvement work until midnight of the 3rd business day after the buyer receives a signed and dated copy of the contract or offer to purchase that complies with specified requirements. Existing law requires contracts for a home solicitation contract or offer to include a notice of cancellation form with specified statement's as to the buyer's right to cancel. Existing law permits a buyer to provide a seller an express waiver to this right to cancel, if the contract meets other specified requirements. Existing law also provides a buyer a similar right to cancel a seminar sales solicitation contract or offer and imposes similar requirements to provide a notice of cancellation to the buyer.
California AB 2471 (20192020) — Senior citizens: rescission of contracts.
Existing law provides that a contract is extinguished by its rescission and sets forth methods for the rescission of a contract. Existing law authorizes a buyer to cancel certain home solicitation contracts or offers until midnight of the 3rd business day after the day on which the buyer signs an agreement or offer to purchase which complies with specified requirements. Existing law authorizes a buyer to cancel a home solicitation contract written for certain home improvement work until midnight of the 3rd business day after the buyer receives a signed and dated copy of the contract or offer to purchase that complies with specified requirements. Existing law requires contracts for a home solicitation contract or offer to include a notice of cancellation form with specified statement's as to the buyer's right to cancel. Existing law permits a buyer to provide a seller an express waiver to this right to cancel, if the contract meets other specified requirements. Existing law also provides a buyer a similar right to cancel a seminar sales solicitation contract or offer and imposes similar requirements to provide a notice of cancellation to the buyer.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Maienschein — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2020-03-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-05-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-05-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-22 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4752.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-07-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-07-31 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-03 From Consent Calendar.
2020-08-03 Ordered to third reading.
2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2020-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5427.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2020-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 158, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3734a1a0-dd8f-4b33-aaed-1e79d25c3740. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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