---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil discovery: motion to compel further response."
description: "Existing law authorizes the propounding party, upon receipt of a response to interrogatories, a demand for document production, or requests for admissions, to move for an order compelling a further response under specified circumstances. Unless notice of this motion is given within 45 days of the service of the response, or any supplemental response, or any later agreed-upon date, the propounding party waives any right to compel a further response."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1183"
citation: "California AB 1183 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil discovery: motion to compel further response."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61a95b1b-4c55-4729-8e1c-eba131dc977f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1183"
source_hash: "fa4c180507d7fe70be5258fd93ec12b9e4f11df0d280c4b5844c2570fafe591f"
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 1183 (20132014) — Civil discovery: motion to compel further response.

Existing law authorizes the propounding party, upon receipt of a response to interrogatories, a demand for document production, or requests for admissions, to move for an order compelling a further response under specified circumstances. Unless notice of this motion is given within 45 days of the service of the response, or any supplemental response, or any later agreed-upon date, the propounding party waives any right to compel a further response.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1183&version=20130AB118399INT)
2. **06/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1183&version=20130AB118397CHP)
3. **AB1183** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1183)
4. **06/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1183&version=20130AB118398ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1183 JONES Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 922.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1274.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 18, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61a95b1b-4c55-4729-8e1c-eba131dc977f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).