---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: service of notice or other paper."
description: "Existing law authorizes service of a notice or other paper in a civil action by personal delivery to the party or attorney on whom service is required to be made, or, for service upon a party, by leaving the notice or other papers with a person 18 years of age or older at the party's residence between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Existing law provides that if, at the time of attempted service between those hours, a person 18 years of age or older cannot be found at the party's residence, the notice or papers may be served by mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2286"
citation: "California AB 2286 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: service of notice or other paper."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27ca793e-314a-4ace-bde1-bc6f78f89782"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2286"
source_hash: "d85a13de6a30f30f44097ea6dc664f83f51d2522f58d9ee1895c2d2aae91ad78"
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 2286 (20172018) — Civil actions: service of notice or other paper.

Existing law authorizes service of a notice or other paper in a civil action by personal delivery to the party or attorney on whom service is required to be made, or, for service upon a party, by leaving the notice or other papers with a person 18 years of age or older at the party's residence between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Existing law provides that if, at the time of attempted service between those hours, a person 18 years of age or older cannot be found at the party's residence, the notice or papers may be served by mail.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2286&version=20170AB228699INT)
2. **04/09/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2286&version=20170AB228698AMD)
3. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2286&version=20170AB228697AMD)
4. **08/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2286&version=20170AB228695CHP)
5. **AB2286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2286)
6. **08/10/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2286&version=20170AB228696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2286 CHEN Assembly Third Reading — **70–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 2286 CHEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2286 Chen By Anderson — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-04-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 4822.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5045.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6202.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 212, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27ca793e-314a-4ace-bde1-bc6f78f89782`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).