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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil procedure: service and fees: sheriffs."
+description: "(1) In an action against a sheriff, existing law provides that any person who is a citizen of the United States over the age of 18 years is authorized to serve all process and orders in that action, as specified."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "AB 2256"
+citation: "California AB 2256 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil procedure: service and fees: sheriffs."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2014-02-21"
+last_action: "2014-09-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110e365c-3a6c-4248-a443-c6614d15db22"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256"
+source_hash: "7b06a25521d74f4d3cdf1847b14e415b013d81f9d3add9b37ba87c851109fa5b"
+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 2256 (20132014) — Civil procedure: service and fees: sheriffs.
+
+(1) In an action against a sheriff, existing law provides that any person who is a citizen of the United States over the age of 18 years is authorized to serve all process and orders in that action, as specified.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256&version=20130AB225699INT)
+2. **03/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256&version=20130AB225698AMD)
+3. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256&version=20130AB225697AMD)
+4. **05/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256&version=20130AB225696AMD)
+5. **06/16/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256&version=20130AB225695AMD)
+6. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256&version=20130AB225693CHP)
+7. **AB2256** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256)
+8. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2256&version=20130AB225694ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading AB2256 Garcia By Lara — **30–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2256 GARCIA Assembly Third Reading — **52–11** (pass) · lower
+- AB 2256 GARCIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–13** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Garcia — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
+- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-18** 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-2, reading-1`
+- **2014-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-20** Measure version as amended on March 18 corrected. `amendment-passage`
+- **2014-03-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2014-03-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2014-04-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2014-04-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 11. Page 4331.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2014-04-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2014-04-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2014-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2014-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 4493.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2014-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 6113.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2014-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 470, Statutes of 2014.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/110e365c-3a6c-4248-a443-c6614d15db22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+