---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil law: civil rights."
description: "Existing law encompasses provisions pertaining to the civil law of the state, including laws concerning persons, property, and obligations, among other subjects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3250"
citation: "California AB 3250 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil law: civil rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-27"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d9459f2-eddb-4e30-b047-133e07ad4a2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3250"
source_hash: "c6b0cecb223d6c1917bad9947020b2fb84640b48c93add8e2193a80586b90750"
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 3250 (20172018) — Civil law: civil rights.

Existing law encompasses provisions pertaining to the civil law of the state, including laws concerning persons, property, and obligations, among other subjects.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3250&version=20170AB325099INT)
2. **04/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3250&version=20170AB325098AMD)
3. **06/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3250&version=20170AB325097AMD)
4. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3250&version=20170AB325096AMD)
5. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3250&version=20170AB325094CHP)
6. **AB3250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3250)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3250&version=20170AB325095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3250 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3250 JUD. (Stone) By Jackson — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 3250 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — **65–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2018-04-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** 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`
- **2018-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4941.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-06-25** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 5907.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 9. Page 6910.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 776, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d9459f2-eddb-4e30-b047-133e07ad4a2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).