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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution."
+description: "Existing law authorizes a court to dismiss an action for delay in prosecution if, among other conditions, an action is not brought to trial within a specified period of time. Existing law prohibits dismissal of an action for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of parties under specified conditions, including if a valid order for child or spousal support exists or, in an action for dissolution of marriage, a separate trial on the issue of the status of marriage has been conducted as provided by law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "AB 522"
+citation: "California AB 522 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2013-02-20"
+last_action: "2013-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19ab9b9c-6936-4364-a75d-0208e484d1be"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522"
+source_hash: "aed75b7f981802812f5fcf2248f7035b48d0610f120eee915d42fbc98e9010c4"
+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 522 (20132014) — Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution.
+
+Existing law authorizes a court to dismiss an action for delay in prosecution if, among other conditions, an action is not brought to trial within a specified period of time. Existing law prohibits dismissal of an action for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of parties under specified conditions, including if a valid order for child or spousal support exists or, in an action for dissolution of marriage, a separate trial on the issue of the status of marriage has been conducted as provided by law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52299INT)
+2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52298AMD)
+3. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52297AMD)
+4. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52296AMD)
+5. **06/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52294CHP)
+6. **AB522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522)
+7. **06/14/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52295ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 522 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 522 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bloom — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
+- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-21** 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`
+- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 921.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2013-05-24** 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`
+- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2013-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1274.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2013-06-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2013-06-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1982.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2013-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2013-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2013-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 40, Statutes of 2013.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19ab9b9c-6936-4364-a75d-0208e484d1be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+