---
type: "Bill"
title: "Summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property: procedural requirements."
description: "Existing law requires a defendant, in a summary proceeding for obtaining possession of real property, to file a response within five days, excluding specified days, after the complaint is served on the defendant. Existing law permits a defendant in such a proceeding to, on or before the day fixed for their appearance, appear and answer or demur."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2347"
citation: "California AB 2347 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property", "procedural requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd4e7501-f7c0-4162-83f5-bd95001a84d6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347"
source_hash: "7d5a1e9688762ba82bea4200784ce4a70b7e86fc0dd2bcca9f8e05cb845a247e"
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 2347 (20232024) — Summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property: procedural requirements.

Existing law requires a defendant, in a summary proceeding for obtaining possession of real property, to file a response within five days, excluding specified days, after the complaint is served on the defendant. Existing law permits a defendant in such a proceeding to, on or before the day fixed for their appearance, appear and answer or demur.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234799INT)
2. **03/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234798AMD)
3. **04/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234797AMD)
4. **05/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234796AMD)
5. **06/17/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234795AMD)
6. **08/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234794AMD)
7. **08/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234793AMD)
8. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234791CHP)
9. **AB2347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347)
10. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347&version=20230AB234792ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2347 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2347 Kalra By Durazo — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2347 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **48–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5348.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 12. Page 5667.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 16.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 512, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd4e7501-f7c0-4162-83f5-bd95001a84d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).