---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure: depositions."
description: "Existing law authorizes the use of depositions in discovery in civil actions. Any party to a civil action may take an oral deposition of any person, including other parties to the action, following service of a deposition notice notifying the deponent of the date, location, and time of the deposition, as well as any materials to be produced by the deponent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1875"
citation: "California AB 1875 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil procedure: depositions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca4ec1f3-452a-4c39-a5e4-8c6574f66e79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875"
source_hash: "49bd2ef99fb14366d06c16f6c06e5efc05dafab88218689267f0e6020b21d674"
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 1875 (20112012) — Civil procedure: depositions.

Existing law authorizes the use of depositions in discovery in civil actions. Any party to a civil action may take an oral deposition of any person, including other parties to the action, following service of a deposition notice notifying the deponent of the date, location, and time of the deposition, as well as any materials to be produced by the deponent.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187599INT)
2. **04/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187598AMD)
3. **05/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187597AMD)
4. **05/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187596AMD)
5. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187595AMD)
6. **08/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187594AMD)
7. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187593AMD)
8. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187591CHP)
9. **AB1875** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875)
10. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1875&version=20110AB187592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1875 Gatto By Lieu — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 1875 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–27** (pass) · lower
- AB 1875 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **50–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2012-03-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-14** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Gatto.
- **2012-05-25** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Gatto.
- **2012-05-29** From inactive file.
- **2012-05-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-05-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5138.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5176.)
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 5194.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 4872.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 6574.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 346, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca4ec1f3-452a-4c39-a5e4-8c6574f66e79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).