---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court to dismiss an action for delay in prosecution if, among other conditions, an action is not brought to trial within a specified period of time. Existing law prohibits dismissal of an action for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of parties under specified conditions, including if a valid order for child or spousal support exists or, in an action for dissolution of marriage, a separate trial on the issue of the status of marriage has been conducted as provided by law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 522"
citation: "California AB 522 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19ab9b9c-6936-4364-a75d-0208e484d1be"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522"
source_hash: "aed75b7f981802812f5fcf2248f7035b48d0610f120eee915d42fbc98e9010c4"
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 522 (20132014) — Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution.

Existing law authorizes a court to dismiss an action for delay in prosecution if, among other conditions, an action is not brought to trial within a specified period of time. Existing law prohibits dismissal of an action for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of parties under specified conditions, including if a valid order for child or spousal support exists or, in an action for dissolution of marriage, a separate trial on the issue of the status of marriage has been conducted as provided by law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52299INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52298AMD)
3. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52297AMD)
4. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52296AMD)
5. **06/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52294CHP)
6. **AB522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522)
7. **06/14/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB522&version=20130AB52295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 522 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 522 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** 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`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-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 921.) `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`
- **2013-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-06-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1982.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2013-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 40, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19ab9b9c-6936-4364-a75d-0208e484d1be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).