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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contracts: consumer goods and services: dispute resolution provisions."
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description: "Existing law regulates the formation and enforcement of contracts, including imposing certain restrictions on the terms of a contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or services. In this regard, existing law prohibits a provision waiving the consumer's right to make any statement regarding the seller, lessor, or its employees or agents, or concerning the goods or services. Existing law also prohibits a consumer service contract from limiting a consumer's ability to file a complaint with a licensing board that regulates the consumer service provider or to participate in the board's investigation into the consumer service provider, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 82"
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citation: "California SB 82 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Contracts", "consumergoodsandservices", "disputeresolutionprovisions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f55343b-852f-4bcd-a45e-bbb954ebed93"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB82"
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source_hash: "7a0b6b83c8ede9a4b3164ccc72d717607f109b36fd30b8887aa08174f655f612"
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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 SB 82 (20252026) — Contracts: consumer goods and services: dispute resolution provisions.
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Existing law regulates the formation and enforcement of contracts, including imposing certain restrictions on the terms of a contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or services. In this regard, existing law prohibits a provision waiving the consumer's right to make any statement regarding the seller, lessor, or its employees or agents, or concerning the goods or services. Existing law also prohibits a consumer service contract from limiting a consumer's ability to file a complaint with a licensing board that regulates the consumer service provider or to participate in the board's investigation into the consumer service provider, as specified.
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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. **01/17/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB82&version=20250SB8299INT)
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2. **02/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB82&version=20250SB8298AMD)
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3. **03/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB82&version=20250SB8297AMD)
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4. **04/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB82&version=20250SB8296AMD)
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5. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB82&version=20250SB8294CHP)
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6. **SB82** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB82)
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7. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB82&version=20250SB8295ENR)
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## Votes
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- SB 82 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Connolly — **55–18** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **28–10** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Umberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
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- **2025-01-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-12** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2025-03-28** April 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2025-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 833.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2025-05-05** May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1191.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1389.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2984.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2025. `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/9f55343b-852f-4bcd-a45e-bbb954ebed93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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