republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-940.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil disputes."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Consumer Contract Awareness Act of 1990, defines a consumer contract as a writing prepared by a seller that provides for the sale or lease of goods or services or the extension of credit, as specified, for personal, family, or household purposes, among other provisions. The act requires a seller to deliver a copy of a consumer contract to the consumer at the time the contract is signed, and prohibits the waiver of any provisions of the act. Existing law prohibits an employer from requiring specified employees, as a condition of employment, to agree to a provision that would require the employee to adjudicate outside of California a claim arising in California or deprive the employee of the substantive protection of California law with respect to a controversy arising in California, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 940"
citation: "California SB 940 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil disputes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07c2599d-c846-4202-9d42-4dab722de3b3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940"
source_hash: "303e12d6f9e5e99b0f6353d152fc78360c3e17d15ab94175363d2a8db727cd64"
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 940 (20232024) — Civil disputes.

(1) Existing law, the Consumer Contract Awareness Act of 1990, defines a consumer contract as a writing prepared by a seller that provides for the sale or lease of goods or services or the extension of credit, as specified, for personal, family, or household purposes, among other provisions. The act requires a seller to deliver a copy of a consumer contract to the consumer at the time the contract is signed, and prohibits the waiver of any provisions of the act. Existing law prohibits an employer from requiring specified employees, as a condition of employment, to agree to a provision that would require the employee to adjudicate outside of California a claim arising in California or deprive the employee of the substantive protection of California law with respect to a controversy arising in California, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94099INT)
2. **03/12/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94098AMD)
3. **04/01/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94097AMD)
4. **05/02/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94096AMD)
5. **06/12/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94095AMD)
6. **06/27/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94094AMD)
7. **08/08/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94093AMD)
8. **08/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94092AMD)
9. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94090CHP)
10. **SB940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940)
11. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB940&version=20230SB94091ENR)

## Votes

- SB 940 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Haney — **56–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB940 Umberg Concurrence — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **30–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** 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`
- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** 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`
- **2024-04-09** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 3819.) (April 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4080.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-27** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-20** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 6649.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 5587.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 986, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07c2599d-c846-4202-9d42-4dab722de3b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).