---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court-ordered mediation."
description: "Existing law prohibits a court from ordering a civil action into mediation when the amount in controversy exceeds $50,000, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1523"
citation: "California AB 1523 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court-orderedmediation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba07a3e5-dea1-4be9-9c19-266050e48917"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1523"
source_hash: "22ab9737a96cf5f757e7776615d6ef2db90cf13ea7e056d74dc09beb48977df5"
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 1523 (20252026) — Court-ordered mediation.

Existing law prohibits a court from ordering a civil action into mediation when the amount in controversy exceeds $50,000, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1523&version=20250AB152399INT)
2. **08/19/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1523&version=20250AB152398AMD)
3. **08/25/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1523&version=20250AB152397AMD)
4. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1523&version=20250AB152395CHP)
5. **AB1523** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1523)
6. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1523&version=20250AB152396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1523 Judiciary Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1523 JUD. (Kalra) By Becker — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1523 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By KALRA — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2397.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2877.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba07a3e5-dea1-4be9-9c19-266050e48917`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).