republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1697.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act."
description: "Existing law, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, provides that a record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. The act exempts from its provisions, among other things, specific transactions, including an authorization for the release of medical information by a provider of health care, health care service plan, pharmaceutical company, or contractor and an authorization for the release of genetic test results by a health care service plan under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1697"
citation: "California AB 1697 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Electronic Transactions Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schiavo"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d8ea966-367b-4801-8fb4-619e480e6dfe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697"
source_hash: "a684029547f1aa4634ccfdd9945f8147985edb747ba1fdd94a8ab66939b1a822"
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 1697 (20232024) — Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Existing law, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, provides that a record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. The act exempts from its provisions, among other things, specific transactions, including an authorization for the release of medical information by a provider of health care, health care service plan, pharmaceutical company, or contractor and an authorization for the release of genetic test results by a health care service plan under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697&version=20230AB169799INT)
2. **03/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697&version=20230AB169798AMD)
3. **04/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697&version=20230AB169797AMD)
4. **04/27/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697&version=20230AB169796AMD)
5. **07/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697&version=20230AB169795AMD)
6. **08/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697&version=20230AB169794AMD)
7. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697&version=20230AB169792CHP)
8. **AB1697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697)
9. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1697&version=20230AB169793ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1697 Schiavo By Stern — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1697 Schiavo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1697 Schiavo Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schiavo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** 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`
- **2023-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06** 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`
- **2023-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1466.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-07-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-13** From Consent Calendar.
- **2023-07-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2399.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3045.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 374, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d8ea966-367b-4801-8fb4-619e480e6dfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).