republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-766.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "International commercial arbitration: representation."
description: "Existing law includes provisions that govern arbitration and conciliation proceedings for international commercial disputes. Existing law authorizes the parties in a conciliation proceeding to appear in person or be represented or assisted by any person of their choice, and provides that a person representing or assisting a party is not required to be a member of the legal profession or licensed to practice law in California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 766"
citation: "California SB 766 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["International commercial arbitration: representation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c861c962-95e8-4465-bfcf-f5022a967f83"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB766"
source_hash: "a3eb42f166482c07bbb366c90532f4f5b3b052555927af8677bddc8ec9b94cbd"
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 766 (20172018) — International commercial arbitration: representation.

Existing law includes provisions that govern arbitration and conciliation proceedings for international commercial disputes. Existing law authorizes the parties in a conciliation proceeding to appear in person or be represented or assisted by any person of their choice, and provides that a person representing or assisting a party is not required to be a member of the legal profession or licensed to practice law in California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB766&version=20170SB76699INT)
2. **01/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB766&version=20170SB76696AMD)
3. **05/31/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB766&version=20170SB76698AMD)
4. **06/26/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB766&version=20170SB76697AMD)
5. **07/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB766&version=20170SB76694CHP)
6. **SB766** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB766)
7. **07/09/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB766&version=20170SB76695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 766 Monning Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB766 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-12-21** Set for hearing January 9.
- **2018-01-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4021.) (January 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-01-13** Set for hearing January 16.
- **2018-01-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4116.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6107.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 134, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c861c962-95e8-4465-bfcf-f5022a967f83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).