---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arbitration: transcription by certified shorthand reporter."
description: "Existing law establishes standards for arbitration, and requires a court to vacate an arbitration award if it makes certain findings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1007"
citation: "California SB 1007 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arbitration: transcription by certified shorthand reporter."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-10"
last_action: "2016-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/456da983-8cf1-43de-a439-a95d81a350cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1007"
source_hash: "aa1041ef5f8c604ca02effae456c539ec5fa1f12b67361939fd824d03632221c"
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 SB 1007 (20152016) — Arbitration: transcription by certified shorthand reporter.

Existing law establishes standards for arbitration, and requires a court to vacate an arbitration award if it makes certain findings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1007&version=20150SB100799INT)
2. **04/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1007&version=20150SB100798AMD)
3. **05/03/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1007&version=20150SB100797AMD)
4. **06/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1007&version=20150SB100796AMD)
5. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1007&version=20150SB100794CHP)
6. **SB1007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1007)
7. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1007&version=20150SB100795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1007 Wieckowski Concurrence — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 1007 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By CHAU — **53–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-19** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3700.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 3852.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 5877.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 5360.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 626, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/456da983-8cf1-43de-a439-a95d81a350cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).