---
type: "Bill"
title: "Litigation expenses."
description: "Litigation expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1463"
citation: "California AB 1463 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Litigation expenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ca34fb7-ce6f-4cc8-b0a4-3f27e33813eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1463"
source_hash: "d7bc2989c53cd6328ad0f19f469e6f881b61a5d78f1a3003732636a5a56b96ed"
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 1463 (20012002) — Litigation expenses.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1463&version=20010AB146399INT)
2. **04/18/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1463&version=20010AB146398AMD)
3. **08/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1463&version=20010AB146396CHP)
4. **AB1463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1463)
5. **07/21/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1463&version=20010AB146397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1463 Longville — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1463 Longville Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 192, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2168.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1685.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ca34fb7-ce6f-4cc8-b0a4-3f27e33813eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).