---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: electronic service."
description: "Existing law authorizes the service of documents in a civil action by electronic means pursuant to rules adopted by the Judicial Council. Existing law requires a court, on and after July 1, 2024, to electronically transmit those documents to a party who is subject to mandatory electronic service, or who has consented to accept electronic service, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2283"
citation: "California AB 2283 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions", "electronic service"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pacheco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a7264c-5f24-4b2e-91ab-14bad7cf5b42"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2283"
source_hash: "6229d5053d45fb0163b47ef90c071cd314752de12fe743a5c6d5631edb7176f7"
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 2283 (20232024) — Civil actions: electronic service.

Existing law authorizes the service of documents in a civil action by electronic means pursuant to rules adopted by the Judicial Council. Existing law requires a court, on and after July 1, 2024, to electronically transmit those documents to a party who is subject to mandatory electronic service, or who has consented to accept electronic service, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2283&version=20230AB228399INT)
2. **04/25/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2283&version=20230AB228398AMD)
3. **05/02/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2283&version=20230AB228397AMD)
4. **07/18/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2283&version=20230AB228395CHP)
5. **AB2283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2283)
6. **07/10/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2283&version=20230AB228396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2283 Pacheco Third Reading Urgency — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd (Urgency Clause) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** 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`
- **2024-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-05-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-05-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5079.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5305.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-07-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4931.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-07-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2024-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, 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/08a7264c-5f24-4b2e-91ab-14bad7cf5b42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).