---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appeals in civil actions: stay of enforcement."
description: "Existing law provides that, unless an undertaking is given, the perfecting of an appeal shall not stay the enforcement of a judgment or order for money or the payment of money, or for costs awarded pursuant to specified provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2154"
citation: "California AB 2154 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appeals in civil actions: stay of enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dcc22c8-fb35-4c0f-ae9f-f8ad58b5f989"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2154"
source_hash: "cca662640ad46df4d8d2a25a733da703d7ba6b60b441d6b5916cc54fe8022953"
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 2154 (20132014) — Appeals in civil actions: stay of enforcement.

Existing law provides that, unless an undertaking is given, the perfecting of an appeal shall not stay the enforcement of a judgment or order for money or the payment of money, or for costs awarded pursuant to specified provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2154&version=20130AB215499INT)
2. **04/02/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2154&version=20130AB215498AMD)
3. **07/08/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2154&version=20130AB215496CHP)
4. **AB2154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2154)
5. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2154&version=20130AB215497ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #17 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2154 JONES Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4479.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4147.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2014-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dcc22c8-fb35-4c0f-ae9f-f8ad58b5f989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).