---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: entry of judgment: written stipulation."
description: "Existing law authorizes a court, upon motion, to enter a judgment in pending litigation pursuant to the terms of a settlement if the parties to the litigation stipulate to settle the litigation outside of the presence of the court in a writing that is signed by the parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2723"
citation: "California AB 2723 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: entry of judgment: written stipulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48dd9193-e9b7-4528-9edc-03ac61280baa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2723"
source_hash: "b23650dbd205d06347c4f8e25e67c6c44f3d1e0909bfb09ac9f9bedb7f73cb9b"
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 2723 (20192020) — Civil actions: entry of judgment: written stipulation.

Existing law authorizes a court, upon motion, to enter a judgment in pending litigation pursuant to the terms of a settlement if the parties to the litigation stipulate to settle the litigation outside of the presence of the court in a writing that is signed by the parties.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2723&version=20190AB272399INT)
2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2723&version=20190AB272398AMD)
3. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2723&version=20190AB272397AMD)
4. **09/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2723&version=20190AB272395CHP)
5. **AB2723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2723)
6. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2723&version=20190AB272396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2723 Chiu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2723 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2723 Chiu Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2020-03-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4602.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4380.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5329.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 290, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48dd9193-e9b7-4528-9edc-03ac61280baa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).