Bill Commons

CA SB 82

enacted

Contracts: consumer goods and services: dispute resolution provisions.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 82 pass?

Yes. CA SB 82 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 82 about?

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. This bill would, for a consumer use agreement, limit the dispute resolution terms and conditions to the use, payment, or provision of the good, service, money, or credit provided by the consumer use agreement. The bill would make a waiver of these provisions void and unenforceable, as provided, and would require that the provisions be liberally construed for the purpose of protecting consumers. The bill would provide that the duties and obligations it imposes are cumulative with, and do not limit or expand, duties and obligations imposed under any other law, and do not limit any rights or remedies under any other law. The bill would define terms for purposes of these provisions.

Who sponsors CA SB 82?

Umberg is the primary sponsor of CA SB 82.

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. This bill would, for a consumer use agreement, limit the dispute resolution terms and conditions to the use, payment, or provision of the good, service, money, or credit provided by the consumer use agreement. The bill would make a waiver of these provisions void and unenforceable, as provided, and would require that the provisions be liberally construed for the purpose of protecting consumers. The bill would provide that the duties and obligations it imposes are cumulative with, and do not limit or expand, duties and obligations imposed under any other law, and do not limit any rights or remedies under any other law. The bill would define terms for purposes of these provisions.

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Umbergauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 350, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-08

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2984.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2025-07-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 1).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-06-03

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  10. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1389.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1191.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  14. 2025-05-05

    May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  15. 2025-04-25

    Set for hearing May 5.

  16. 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.

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  17. 2025-04-10

    Set for hearing April 22.

  18. 2025-04-10

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  19. 2025-03-28

    April 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  20. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 8.

  21. 2025-03-17

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  22. 2025-03-12

    Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.

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  23. 2025-02-27

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

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  24. 2025-01-29

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  25. 2025-01-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.

  26. 2025-01-17

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/17/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-17Compare
  • 02/27/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-02-27Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 09/10/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-10Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • SB82Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Umberg: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Niello: no
    • Allen: yes
    • Wahab: yes
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-05 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Dahle: other
  • 3rd Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 28-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Niello: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Jones: no
    • Hurtado: other
    • Reyes: other
  • Do pass.

    2025-07-01 · pass · 8-3

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Connolly: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Pacheco: other
  • SB 82 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Connolly

    2025-09-08 · pass · 55-18

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Chen: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Flora: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Castillo: other

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