---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service of process or subpoena."
description: "Existing law requires that any person be granted access to a gated community for a reasonable period of time for the sole purpose of performing lawful service of process or service of subpoena, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 622"
citation: "California AB 622 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Service of process or subpoena."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09da4fb3-ade7-44e0-bbd5-e70973fd6829"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB622"
source_hash: "035e7bfc734ce0d59299ba1a372752a3c3627f9a24ecfff623327433800329f4"
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 622 (20192020) — Service of process or subpoena.

Existing law requires that any person be granted access to a gated community for a reasonable period of time for the sole purpose of performing lawful service of process or service of subpoena, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB622&version=20190AB62299INT)
2. **03/27/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB622&version=20190AB62298AMD)
3. **06/26/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB622&version=20190AB62296CHP)
4. **AB622** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB622)
5. **06/18/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB622&version=20190AB62297ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB622 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 622 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1040.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1606.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-06-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09da4fb3-ade7-44e0-bbd5-e70973fd6829`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).