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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts."
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description: "Existing law regulates contracts and authorizes a non-negotiable written contract for the payment of money or personal property to be transferred by indorsement, in like manner with negotiable instruments. Under existing law, indorsement transferred all the rights of the assignor under the instrument to the assignee, subject to all equities and defenses existing in favor of the maker at the time of the indorsement."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 1821"
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citation: "California AB 1821 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Contracts."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-03-06"
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last_action: "2019-07-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/905b012d-2a48-40e8-ab1c-7a6884460e5c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1821"
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source_hash: "559c3e12297526faca3123c2eb8efabd0c26dab754afe234f483349f3dfc7d8d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1821 (20192020) — Contracts.
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Existing law regulates contracts and authorizes a non-negotiable written contract for the payment of money or personal property to be transferred by indorsement, in like manner with negotiable instruments. Under existing law, indorsement transferred all the rights of the assignor under the instrument to the assignee, subject to all equities and defenses existing in favor of the maker at the time of the indorsement.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **03/06/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1821&version=20190AB182199INT)
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2. **07/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1821&version=20190AB182197CHP)
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3. **AB1821** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1821)
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4. **07/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1821&version=20190AB182198ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB1821 JUD. (Stone) By Stern — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1821 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By STONE — **59–17** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **9–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
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- **2019-03-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 1350.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1868.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2019-07-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 116, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/905b012d-2a48-40e8-ab1c-7a6884460e5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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