---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure: service of process."
description: "Civil procedure: service of process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 859"
citation: "California AB 859 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil procedure: service of process."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Plescia"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/074e1e0e-4287-4d0f-b60a-0b6208960665"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB859"
source_hash: "b6de48a56969bb69cd7a754d183b7c0d41a869522ed1f845ccd3d3a55fa47921"
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 859 (20072008) — Civil procedure: service of process.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB859&version=20070AB85999INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB859&version=20070AB85998AMD)
3. **04/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB859&version=20070AB85997AMD)
4. **05/29/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB859&version=20070AB85996AMD)
5. **06/22/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB859&version=20070AB85994CHP)
6. **AB859** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB859)
7. **06/15/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB859&version=20070AB85995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 859 PLESCIA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB859 Plescia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 859 PLESCIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Plescia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1074.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-29** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1132.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-06-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2154.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2007-06-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-06-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/074e1e0e-4287-4d0f-b60a-0b6208960665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).