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type: "Bill"
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title: "International commercial arbitration: procedure."
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description: "(1) Existing law provides a framework for the arbitration and conciliation of international commercial disputes. Existing law requires an arbitration agreement subject to this framework to be in writing, specifying that an agreement is in writing if it is contained in a document signed by the parties or in an exchange of letters, telex, telegrams, or other means of telecommunication that provide a record of the agreement, or in an exchange of statements of claim and defense in which the existence of an agreement is alleged by one party and not denied by another."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1903"
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citation: "California AB 1903 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["International commercial arbitration", "procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-01-23"
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last_action: "2024-07-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/608d532e-e4aa-4961-91f3-7f9b11340610"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1903"
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source_hash: "72e06b48d9f68bd9e1169981de22248a4a53ed411c425119d9837f073ea65196"
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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 1903 (20232024) — International commercial arbitration: procedure.
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(1) Existing law provides a framework for the arbitration and conciliation of international commercial disputes. Existing law requires an arbitration agreement subject to this framework to be in writing, specifying that an agreement is in writing if it is contained in a document signed by the parties or in an exchange of letters, telex, telegrams, or other means of telecommunication that provide a record of the agreement, or in an exchange of statements of claim and defense in which the existence of an agreement is alleged by one party and not denied by another.
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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. **01/23/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1903&version=20230AB190399INT)
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2. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1903&version=20230AB190397CHP)
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3. **AB1903** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1903)
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4. **06/25/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1903&version=20230AB190398ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1903 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Maienschein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
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- **2024-02-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4629.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4624.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-06-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2024-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 90, Statutes of 2024. `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/608d532e-e4aa-4961-91f3-7f9b11340610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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