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type: "Bill"
title: "Dating service contracts: online services."
description: "Existing law defines and regulates dating service contracts. Existing law requires a dating service contract to be in writing and requires that a copy of the contract be provided to the buyer at the time he or she signs the contract. Existing law further requires that a dating service contract contain a conspicuous statement, placed as specified, regarding the right of the buyer to cancel the agreement. Existing law establishes procedures for cancellation, including providing that cancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation by mail, telegram, or delivery to the seller at the address specified in the agreement or offer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 314"
citation: "California AB 314 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dating service contracts: online services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2017-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d28fbc0d-5365-4e22-8ac1-11d5e8da468a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314"
source_hash: "56fffa3b213481da6cda29447336afffbcd57968996478b40f19902c5a139b02"
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 314 (20172018) — Dating service contracts: online services.
Existing law defines and regulates dating service contracts. Existing law requires a dating service contract to be in writing and requires that a copy of the contract be provided to the buyer at the time he or she signs the contract. Existing law further requires that a dating service contract contain a conspicuous statement, placed as specified, regarding the right of the buyer to cancel the agreement. Existing law establishes procedures for cancellation, including providing that cancellation occurs when the buyer gives written notice of cancellation by mail, telegram, or delivery to the seller at the address specified in the agreement or offer.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/06/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314&version=20170AB31499INT)
2. **03/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314&version=20170AB31498AMD)
3. **04/27/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314&version=20170AB31497AMD)
4. **05/22/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314&version=20170AB31496AMD)
5. **08/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314&version=20170AB31495AMD)
6. **09/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314&version=20170AB31494AMD)
7. **10/08/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314&version=20170AB31492CHP)
8. **AB314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314)
9. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB314&version=20170AB31493ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 314 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **761** (pass) · lower
- AB 314 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **744** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB314 Mullin By Hertzberg — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mullin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1649.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 2064.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2710.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-12** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3206.)
- **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3309.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d28fbc0d-5365-4e22-8ac1-11d5e8da468a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).