republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2193.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil discovery: out-of-state proceedings."
description: "Civil discovery: out-of-state proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2193"
citation: "California AB 2193 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil discovery: out-of-state proceedings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tran"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c9cc54a-642b-4239-9419-702ecc832210"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2193"
source_hash: "419734b8374585d73f4b66942ac75dbb69e2c29eb84ece93e58daa36d5c0aa1c"
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 2193 (20072008) — Civil discovery: out-of-state proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2193&version=20070AB219399INT)
2. **06/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2193&version=20070AB219398AMD)
3. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2193&version=20070AB219397AMD)
4. **06/24/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2193&version=20070AB219396AMD)
5. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2193&version=20070AB219394CHP)
6. **AB2193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2193)
7. **07/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2193&version=20070AB219395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2193 TRAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2193 TRAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #32 AB2193 Tran — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4749.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4639.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6051.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 231, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c9cc54a-642b-4239-9419-702ecc832210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).