republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2311.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle conditional sale contracts: guaranteed asset protection waivers."
description: "Existing law governs motor vehicle conditional sale contracts, as defined, and requires sellers of motor vehicles to make certain disclosures to buyers. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2311"
citation: "California AB 2311 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor vehicle conditional sale contracts: guaranteed asset protection waivers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ea0beb-dcaa-42dd-bec8-77ae516122d7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2311"
source_hash: "30bb4200d10b74b9840f730f5bb6df7d1fb20b499ef69d069ab32fd5f2b37d00"
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 2311 (20212022) — Motor vehicle conditional sale contracts: guaranteed asset protection waivers.

Existing law governs motor vehicle conditional sale contracts, as defined, and requires sellers of motor vehicles to make certain disclosures to buyers. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2311&version=20210AB231199INT)
2. **03/30/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2311&version=20210AB231198AMD)
3. **06/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2311&version=20210AB231197AMD)
4. **06/30/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2311&version=20210AB231196AMD)
5. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2311&version=20210AB231194CHP)
6. **AB2311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2311)
7. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2311&version=20210AB231195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2311 Maienschein By Eggman — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2311 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 2311 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **52–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 16. Page 5024.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 5049.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 3.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 283, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22ea0beb-dcaa-42dd-bec8-77ae516122d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).