---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil discovery."
description: "Civil discovery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 3081"
citation: "California AB 3081 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil discovery."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-03-11"
last_action: "2004-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9d88e32-bf72-4c8c-89dc-cf9c4fa76fa9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3081"
source_hash: "d40c6b97b0445e4986ecd90d58dfa8adcfaaada5f40fb67926797d9f7cd39c29"
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 3081 (20032004) — Civil discovery.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/11/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3081&version=20030AB308199INT)
2. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3081&version=20030AB308198AMD)
3. **07/20/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3081&version=20030AB308196CHP)
4. **AB3081** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3081)
5. **07/01/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3081&version=20030AB308197ENR)

## Votes

- consent calendar 2nd ab3081 committee on jud. (corbett) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 3081 jud. concurrence in senate amendments by corbett — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 3081 jud. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab3081 committee on jud. (corbett) by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2004-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6640.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4361.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-06-10** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-06-10** Withdrawn from Enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-06-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4019.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5213.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-12** From printer. May be heard in committee April 11.
- **2004-03-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9d88e32-bf72-4c8c-89dc-cf9c4fa76fa9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).