republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1221.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer warranties: service contracts: cancellation: disclosures."
description: "Existing law, the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, provides consumer warranty protection to buyers of consumer goods, including motor vehicles, home appliances, and home electronic products. The act requires a service contract, as defined, to include certain elements, including a clear description and identification of the covered product."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1221"
citation: "California AB 1221 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer warranties: service contracts: cancellation: disclosures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flora"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71639758-e380-4bdc-bfa5-5477fd5ac4f9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221"
source_hash: "56aec72849cef57721c79e550f4e8e354bcda9e9ad6589149e5013d3194216a7"
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 1221 (20212022) — Consumer warranties: service contracts: cancellation: disclosures.

Existing law, the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act, provides consumer warranty protection to buyers of consumer goods, including motor vehicles, home appliances, and home electronic products. The act requires a service contract, as defined, to include certain elements, including a clear description and identification of the covered product.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221&version=20210AB122199INT)
2. **04/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221&version=20210AB122198AMD)
3. **05/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221&version=20210AB122197AMD)
4. **07/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221&version=20210AB122196AMD)
5. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221&version=20210AB122195AMD)
6. **09/01/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221&version=20210AB122194AMD)
7. **10/04/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221&version=20210AB122192CHP)
8. **AB1221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221)
9. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1221&version=20210AB122193ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1221 Flora By Jones — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1221 Flora Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1221 Flora Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flora — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** From Consent Calendar.
- **2021-05-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1656.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2494.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2997.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 452, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71639758-e380-4bdc-bfa5-5477fd5ac4f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).