---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts."
description: "Existing law creates the position of Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Clerk/Administrator of the Court of Appeal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 452"
citation: "California AB 452 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fad0aaef-6d37-4c21-8358-bd9e01462906"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB452"
source_hash: "176aa2abd48c487ad969c321c683fcd5215a88d2a1f3dee814ee4ff0e0b7832b"
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 452 (20172018) — Courts.

Existing law creates the position of Clerk of the Supreme Court, and Clerk/Administrator of the Court of Appeal.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB452&version=20170AB45299INT)
2. **06/28/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB452&version=20170AB45297CHP)
3. **AB452** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB452)
4. **06/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB452&version=20170AB45298ENR)

## Votes

- AB 452 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB452 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 844.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1487.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2017-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 36, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fad0aaef-6d37-4c21-8358-bd9e01462906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).