---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judges: disqualification."
description: "Existing law sets forth the grounds for disqualification of a judge, including, but not limited to, if the judge has a financial interest in the subject matter in a proceeding or in a party to the proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2487"
citation: "California AB 2487 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judges: disqualification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Feuer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1746e06a-48d6-440a-93d5-ab7c8713719c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487"
source_hash: "814fb88508256f3b7f457e6c57cc4d7ddc7c0f69a04c0c914a111114aa6b91da"
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 2487 (20092010) — Judges: disqualification.

Existing law sets forth the grounds for disqualification of a judge, including, but not limited to, if the judge has a financial interest in the subject matter in a proceeding or in a party to the proceeding.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487&version=20090AB248799INT)
2. **04/08/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487&version=20090AB248798AMD)
3. **04/20/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487&version=20090AB248797AMD)
4. **05/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487&version=20090AB248796AMD)
5. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487&version=20090AB248795AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487&version=20090AB248793CHP)
7. **AB2487** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487)
8. **08/16/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2487&version=20090AB248794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #30 AB2487 Feuer — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2487 FEUER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2487 FEUER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Feuer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5041.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4413.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6160.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 686, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1746e06a-48d6-440a-93d5-ab7c8713719c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).