--- type: "Bill" title: "Civil actions: objections to pleadings." description: "Under existing law, a party in a civil action may object to a complaint, cross-complaint, or answer by demurrer, as specified. Existing law authorizes a party to amend a pleading once without leave of the court at any time before an answer or demurrer is filed, or after a demurrer is filed and before the trial of the issue of law thereon." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 383" citation: "California SB 383 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Civil actions: objections to pleadings."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"] version_count: 9 action_count: 25 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-02-24" last_action: "2015-10-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42cdd277-2322-4d60-8a05-71ab0e526b6b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383" source_hash: "e5a370005e9412599253e6739e0638240ef898532fecbf9f484150ab55747738" 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 383 (20152016) — Civil actions: objections to pleadings. Under existing law, a party in a civil action may object to a complaint, cross-complaint, or answer by demurrer, as specified. Existing law authorizes a party to amend a pleading once without leave of the court at any time before an answer or demurrer is filed, or after a demurrer is filed and before the trial of the issue of law thereon. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383&version=20150SB38399INT) 2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383&version=20150SB38398AMD) 3. **05/19/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383&version=20150SB38397AMD) 4. **07/09/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383&version=20150SB38396AMD) 5. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383&version=20150SB38395AMD) 6. **09/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383&version=20150SB38394AMD) 7. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383&version=20150SB38392CHP) 8. **SB383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383) 9. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB383&version=20150SB38393ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **14–2** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper - SB 383 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **49–20** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB383 Wieckowski Concurrence — **27–13** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Wieckowski — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. - **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 12. - **2015-05-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 983.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-09** 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` - **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-17** (Corrected August 17) - **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-02** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-02** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 20. Page 2923.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-04** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2565.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m. - **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 418, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42cdd277-2322-4d60-8a05-71ab0e526b6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).