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type: "Bill"
title: "Arbitration: agreements: enforcement."
description: "Existing law requires a court, on petition of a party to an arbitration agreement alleging (1) the existence of a written agreement to arbitrate a controversy and (2) that a party to the agreement refuses to arbitrate the controversy, to order the petitioner and the respondent to arbitrate the controversy if the court determines that an agreement to arbitrate exists, unless the court makes other determinations, including, among other things, that grounds exist for the revocation of the agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3247"
citation: "California AB 3247 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arbitration: agreements: enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e67334d2-e0cd-49f9-bb13-59688f2e1412"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3247"
source_hash: "0b7e8f7a3ba358dde498ceebe0604eeb885a1d0ccd3e77baf6c8608963c2dd2b"
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 3247 (20172018) — Arbitration: agreements: enforcement.
Existing law requires a court, on petition of a party to an arbitration agreement alleging (1) the existence of a written agreement to arbitrate a controversy and (2) that a party to the agreement refuses to arbitrate the controversy, to order the petitioner and the respondent to arbitrate the controversy if the court determines that an agreement to arbitrate exists, unless the court makes other determinations, including, among other things, that grounds exist for the revocation of the agreement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/27/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3247&version=20170AB324799INT)
2. **04/30/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3247&version=20170AB324798AMD)
3. **07/16/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3247&version=20170AB324796CHP)
4. **AB3247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3247)
5. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3247&version=20170AB324797ENR)
## Votes
- AB 3247 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB3247 JUD. — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5169.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5037.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e67334d2-e0cd-49f9-bb13-59688f2e1412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).