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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Contracts: parental consent."
description: "Existing law sets forth the requirements for establishing the consent of the parties to the formation of a contract."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 891"
citation: "California AB 891 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts: parental consent."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83ec0787-a95b-473f-b281-9b2e6c7b7034"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891"
source_hash: "ad0ce90c570e7e7227284cf4efc1824d5ff3bf5854bd052575be5c5387d3e9fe"
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 891 (20212022) — Contracts: parental consent.
Existing law sets forth the requirements for establishing the consent of the parties to the formation of a contract.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891&version=20210AB89199INT)
2. **03/11/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891&version=20210AB89198AMD)
3. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891&version=20210AB89196CHP)
4. **AB891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891)
5. **06/18/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB891&version=20210AB89197ENR)
## Votes
- AB 891 Cunningham Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB891 — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cunningham — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2021-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 862.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1544.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 28, 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/83ec0787-a95b-473f-b281-9b2e6c7b7034`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).