---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: telephonic appearances."
description: "Civil actions: telephonic appearances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 500"
citation: "California AB 500 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: telephonic appearances."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2007-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3fee0ef-6e19-4749-ae4b-fd9eadf182cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB500"
source_hash: "e129eca5ee483066143caf27bbcba012f9088f7f9c6be15aa42b66598a9d583b"
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 500 (20072008) — Civil actions: telephonic appearances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB500&version=20070AB50099INT)
2. **06/12/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB500&version=20070AB50098AMD)
3. **08/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB500&version=20070AB50097AMD)
4. **10/05/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB500&version=20070AB50095CHP)
5. **AB500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB500)
6. **09/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB500&version=20070AB50096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 500 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #17 AB500 Lieu By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 500 LIEU Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1323.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2183.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2870.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3fee0ef-6e19-4749-ae4b-fd9eadf182cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).