republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1380.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Premarital agreements: enforcement."
description: "Existing law establishes conditions under which a premarital agreement is not enforceable, including when the party against whom enforcement is sought proves that party did not execute the agreement voluntarily. Existing law, effective January 1, 2002, deems that a premarital agreement was not executed voluntarily unless the court finds, among other things, that the party against whom enforcement is sought (1) was represented by independent legal counsel at the time of signing the agreement or was advised to seek legal counsel and waived representation and (2) had at least 7 days between being first presented with the agreement and being advised to seek counsel and the time the agreement was signed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1380"
citation: "California AB 1380 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Premarital agreements: enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e6a135f-35d6-45b4-bfbe-3aaeec98394c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1380"
source_hash: "46e9625b25fd3a8d4fef0786fae74e901bd6a4c8be6986df7f498b29712022e1"
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 1380 (20192020) — Premarital agreements: enforcement.

Existing law establishes conditions under which a premarital agreement is not enforceable, including when the party against whom enforcement is sought proves that party did not execute the agreement voluntarily. Existing law, effective January 1, 2002, deems that a premarital agreement was not executed voluntarily unless the court finds, among other things, that the party against whom enforcement is sought (1) was represented by independent legal counsel at the time of signing the agreement or was advised to seek legal counsel and waived representation and (2) had at least 7 days between being first presented with the agreement and being advised to seek counsel and the time the agreement was signed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1380&version=20190AB138099INT)
2. **05/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1380&version=20190AB138098AMD)
3. **06/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1380&version=20190AB138097AMD)
4. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1380&version=20190AB138095CHP)
5. **AB1380** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1380)
6. **08/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1380&version=20190AB138096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1380 Obernolte Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1380 Obernolte Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB1380 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Obernolte — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1570.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-07-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2055.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2661.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 193, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e6a135f-35d6-45b4-bfbe-3aaeec98394c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).