---
type: "Bill"
title: "Judgeships."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Judicial Council to report to the Legislature and the Governor on or before November 1 of every even-numbered year on the factually determined need for new judgeships in each superior court using specified uniform criteria for the allocation of judgeships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2763"
citation: "California AB 2763 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judgeships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-25"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9d9c716-7dec-4065-8159-355b1ec84616"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2763"
source_hash: "c962a2a7cd5931b5eb17906acc0266b631874c4039c4f8a930ecfae04c1b7138"
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 2763 (20092010) — Judgeships.

(1) Existing law requires the Judicial Council to report to the Legislature and the Governor on or before November 1 of every even-numbered year on the factually determined need for new judgeships in each superior court using specified uniform criteria for the allocation of judgeships.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2763&version=20090AB276399INT)
2. **03/25/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2763&version=20090AB276398AMD)
3. **08/18/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2763&version=20090AB276397AMD)
4. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2763&version=20090AB276395CHP)
5. **AB2763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2763)
6. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2763&version=20090AB276396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2763 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2763 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2763 Committee on JUD. (Feuer) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-25** 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`
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5415.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2010-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 4709.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-23** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6463.)
- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6490.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9d9c716-7dec-4065-8159-355b1ec84616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).