---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deposition notices."
description: "Existing law prescribes the procedure for taking oral depositions inside the state. Existing law requires a party desiring to take the oral deposition of a person to give notice in writing that provides specified information, including the address and date of the deposition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3019"
citation: "California AB 3019 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deposition notices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e65926c-375c-4acc-ba52-9bb6e408c866"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019"
source_hash: "24763df8ea1365cea4adaf08be288da1df285ba35d6a2abf8c4ccfbf30d723a9"
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 3019 (20172018) — Deposition notices.

Existing law prescribes the procedure for taking oral depositions inside the state. Existing law requires a party desiring to take the oral deposition of a person to give notice in writing that provides specified information, including the address and date of the deposition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019&version=20170AB301999INT)
2. **04/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019&version=20170AB301998AMD)
3. **09/05/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019&version=20170AB301996CHP)
4. **AB3019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019)
5. **08/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3019&version=20170AB301997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3019 Reyes et al. By Jackson — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3019 REYES Assembly Third Reading — **58–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-19** 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`
- **2018-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 9. Page 5162.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5696.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e65926c-375c-4acc-ba52-9bb6e408c866`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).