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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Deposition notices."
+description: "Existing law prescribes the procedure for taking oral depositions inside the state. Existing law requires a party desiring to take the oral deposition of a person to give notice in writing that provides specified information, including the address and date of the deposition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 3019"
+citation: "California AB 3019 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Deposition notices."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-02-16"
+last_action: "2018-09-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e65926c-375c-4acc-ba52-9bb6e408c866"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019"
+source_hash: "24763df8ea1365cea4adaf08be288da1df285ba35d6a2abf8c4ccfbf30d723a9"
+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 3019 (20172018) — Deposition notices.
+
+Existing law prescribes the procedure for taking oral depositions inside the state. Existing law requires a party desiring to take the oral deposition of a person to give notice in writing that provides specified information, including the address and date of the deposition.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019&version=20170AB301999INT)
+2. **04/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019&version=20170AB301998AMD)
+3. **09/05/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019&version=20170AB301996CHP)
+4. **AB3019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019)
+5. **08/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019&version=20170AB301997ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB3019 Reyes et al. By Jackson — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 3019 REYES Assembly Third Reading — **58–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Reyes — primary (person)
+- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
+- Roth — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
+- **2018-03-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2018-04-19** 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`
+- **2018-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 9. Page 5162.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5696.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2018-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2018-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e65926c-375c-4acc-ba52-9bb6e408c866`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+