Contracts: consumer goods and services: dispute resolution provisions.
Existing law regulates the formation and enforcement of contracts, including imposing certain restrictions on the terms of a contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or services. In this regard, existing law prohibits a provision waiving the consumer's right to make any statement regarding the seller, lessor, or its employees or agents, or concerning the goods or services. Existing law also prohibits a consumer service contract from limiting a consumer's ability to file a complaint with a licensing board that regulates the consumer service provider or to participate in the board's investigation into the consumer service provider, as specified.
California SB 82 (20252026) — Contracts: consumer goods and services: dispute resolution provisions.
Existing law regulates the formation and enforcement of contracts, including imposing certain restrictions on the terms of a contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or services. In this regard, existing law prohibits a provision waiving the consumer's right to make any statement regarding the seller, lessor, or its employees or agents, or concerning the goods or services. Existing law also prohibits a consumer service contract from limiting a consumer's ability to file a complaint with a licensing board that regulates the consumer service provider or to participate in the board's investigation into the consumer service provider, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 82 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Connolly — 55–18 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 8–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–2 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 28–10 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-01-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-01-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-02-27 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
2025-03-12 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
2025-03-17 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
2025-03-24 Set for hearing April 8.
2025-03-28 April 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-10 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
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 833.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05 May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1191.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1389.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2984.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-08 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f55343b-852f-4bcd-a45e-bbb954ebed93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).