republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-500.md

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Bill	Civil actions: telephonic appearances.	Civil actions: telephonic appearances.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 500	California AB 500 (20072008)	bill	Civil actions: telephonic appearances.	enacted	Lieu	6	21	6	2007-02-20	2007-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/c3fee0ef-6e19-4749-ae4b-fd9eadf182cc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB500	e129eca5ee483066143caf27bbcba012f9088f7f9c6be15aa42b66598a9d583b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 500 (20072008) — Civil actions: telephonic appearances.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/12/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/27/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/05/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB500 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 500 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #17 AB500 Lieu By Corbett — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 500 LIEU Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lieu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2007-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2007-03-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2007-03-28 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-04-30 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-05-03 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1323.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-05-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2007-06-12 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
• 2007-06-19 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-07-03 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2007-07-05 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-08-27 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2007-08-28 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-08-30 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2183.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2007-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2870.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-10 Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
• 2007-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3fee0ef-6e19-4749-ae4b-fd9eadf182cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).