---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional facilities: service of process."
description: "Existing law requires a sheriff or jailer upon whom a paper in a judicial proceeding, that is directed to a prisoner in their custody, is served, to deliver the paper to the prisoner, with a note of the time of its service. Existing law makes the sheriff or jailer liable to the prisoner for all damages occasioned for neglecting to perform that duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1974"
citation: "California AB 1974 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional facilities: service of process."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a06f1a7b-770c-4783-a3c6-c51678eff535"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974"
source_hash: "d423228da64c4e3d88e5b75e30ba3c11c1a5bbd381a91d1a7c981c57fa4aec8d"
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 1974 (20212022) — Correctional facilities: service of process.

Existing law requires a sheriff or jailer upon whom a paper in a judicial proceeding, that is directed to a prisoner in their custody, is served, to deliver the paper to the prisoner, with a note of the time of its service. Existing law makes the sheriff or jailer liable to the prisoner for all damages occasioned for neglecting to perform that duty.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974&version=20210AB197499INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974&version=20210AB197498AMD)
3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974&version=20210AB197497AMD)
4. **06/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974&version=20210AB197496AMD)
5. **08/01/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974&version=20210AB197495AMD)
6. **09/06/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974&version=20210AB197493CHP)
7. **AB1974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974)
8. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974&version=20210AB197494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1974 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1974 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1974 Chen By Bates — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4658.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4955.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
- **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6076.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 255, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a06f1a7b-770c-4783-a3c6-c51678eff535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).