republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-328.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic transactions: exceptions."
description: "Existing law generally permits parties to contract to conduct transactions by electronic means. Existing law excepts specific transactions from this permission, including various provisions regarding insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 328"
citation: "California AB 328 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic transactions: exceptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Calderon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-18"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9670781d-6847-4ef2-8d21-4a9f92570d5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328"
source_hash: "6095ac11b0387444539645b5a360986fd55319133e32d83710ac4b5259b5a4d0"
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 AB 328 (20092010) — Electronic transactions: exceptions.

Existing law generally permits parties to contract to conduct transactions by electronic means. Existing law excepts specific transactions from this permission, including various provisions regarding insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328&version=20090AB32899INT)
2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328&version=20090AB32898AMD)
3. **04/27/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328&version=20090AB32897AMD)
4. **05/12/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328&version=20090AB32896AMD)
5. **07/02/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328&version=20090AB32895AMD)
6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328&version=20090AB32893CHP)
7. **AB328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328)
8. **09/02/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB328&version=20090AB32894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #14 AB328 Charles Calderon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 328 CALDERON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 328 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1454.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Coms. on B., F. & I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-13** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1842.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2812.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 433, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9670781d-6847-4ef2-8d21-4a9f92570d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).