republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2912.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer warranties."
description: "The Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act provides that every sale of consumer goods that are sold at retail in this state are accompanied by the manufacturer's and the seller's implied warranty that the goods are merchantable, unless disclaimed in a prescribed manner. Existing law does not limit the ability of a manufacturer, distributor, or retail seller to make an express warranty, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2912"
citation: "California AB 2912 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer warranties."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a761c3ec-5531-44aa-842c-5d9b10451af1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2912"
source_hash: "2ad35af20c184b2489738d77d5428a94117428e4224dd26c892a84f2b608125b"
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 2912 (20212022) — Consumer warranties.

The Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act provides that every sale of consumer goods that are sold at retail in this state are accompanied by the manufacturer's and the seller's implied warranty that the goods are merchantable, unless disclaimed in a prescribed manner. Existing law does not limit the ability of a manufacturer, distributor, or retail seller to make an express warranty, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2912&version=20210AB291299INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2912&version=20210AB291298AMD)
3. **05/04/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2912&version=20210AB291297AMD)
4. **08/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2912&version=20210AB291296AMD)
5. **09/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2912&version=20210AB291294CHP)
6. **AB2912** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2912)
7. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2912&version=20210AB291295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2912 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2912 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2912 Berman By Gonzalez — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** 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`
- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4698.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-23** From Consent Calendar.
- **2022-06-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5180.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 464, 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/a761c3ec-5531-44aa-842c-5d9b10451af1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).