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type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the nature of contracts and establishes principles for the interpretation of contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 762"
citation: "California SB 762 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f059e2df-0020-41ab-b9d3-fbb8e19828e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762"
source_hash: "11a907bd6cdf5756ca70d5890d7f7309aee68cc6fe87240edf8a9753260339ac"
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 SB 762 (20212022) — Contracts.
Existing law generally regulates the nature of contracts and establishes principles for the interpretation of contracts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76299INT)
2. **03/09/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76298AMD)
3. **06/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76297AMD)
4. **09/22/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76295CHP)
5. **SB762** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762)
6. **09/01/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB762&version=20210SB76296ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB762 Wieckowski Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB762 — **380** (pass) · upper
- SB 762 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Stone — **690** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Wieckowski — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 688.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 885.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** June 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2472.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2213.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2021-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 222, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f059e2df-0020-41ab-b9d3-fbb8e19828e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).