---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appellate court decisions."
description: "Existing law establishes in every county and city and county an appellate division of the superior court, consisting of 3 or 4 judges, that has jurisdiction on appeal in all cases in which an appeal may be taken to the superior court or the appellate division. The concurrence of 2 judges of the appellate division is necessary to render the decision in every case."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1932"
citation: "California AB 1932 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appellate court decisions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fca5e769-03e1-4967-8fe2-34f835152571"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1932"
source_hash: "75173f38acc026c5a0f20dea03c6ef650b98ef6ce34fba27f6859045577e1543"
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 1932 (20132014) — Appellate court decisions.

Existing law establishes in every county and city and county an appellate division of the superior court, consisting of 3 or 4 judges, that has jurisdiction on appeal in all cases in which an appeal may be taken to the superior court or the appellate division. The concurrence of 2 judges of the appellate division is necessary to render the decision in every case.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1932&version=20130AB193299INT)
2. **06/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1932&version=20130AB193297CHP)
3. **AB1932** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1932)
4. **06/18/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1932&version=20130AB193298ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1932 JONES Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4361.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3929.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2014-06-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fca5e769-03e1-4967-8fe2-34f835152571`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).