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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts: parental consent."
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description: "Existing law sets forth the requirements for establishing the consent of the parties to the formation of a contract."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 891"
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citation: "California AB 891 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Contracts: parental consent."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-02-17"
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last_action: "2021-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83ec0787-a95b-473f-b281-9b2e6c7b7034"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891"
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source_hash: "ad0ce90c570e7e7227284cf4efc1824d5ff3bf5854bd052575be5c5387d3e9fe"
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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 891 (20212022) — Contracts: parental consent.
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Existing law sets forth the requirements for establishing the consent of the parties to the formation of a contract.
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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. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891&version=20210AB89199INT)
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2. **03/11/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891&version=20210AB89198AMD)
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3. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891&version=20210AB89196CHP)
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4. **AB891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891)
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5. **06/18/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891&version=20210AB89197ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 891 Cunningham Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar AB891 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cunningham — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-11** 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`
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- **2021-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 862.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1544.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
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- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 28, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/83ec0787-a95b-473f-b281-9b2e6c7b7034`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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