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Bill	Jury trial: rules of court.	Existing law establishes the right to a trial by jury, and provides that a jury may be waived in a civil case only pursuant to specified manners. Under existing law, a jury trial consists of 12 persons, except that in civil actions and cases of misdemeanor, it may consist of 12 or any number less than 12, upon which the parties may agree. Existing law provides for the review of a judgment or order in a civil action or proceeding by appeal, and requires the Judicial Council to prescribe rules for the practice and procedure on appeal consistent with state law. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to provide by rule the practice and procedure for coordination of civil actions in convenient courts, including provision for giving notice and presenting evidence. Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to promulgate rules governing pretrial conferences, and the time, manner, and nature thereof, in civil cases at issue, or in one or more classes thereof, in the superior courts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2284	California AB 2284 (20092010)	bill	Jury trial: rules of court.	enacted	Evans	7	26	6	2010-02-18	2010-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/80167128-15d1-4e31-bb68-4eaf677e25d3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2284	8f51740bc42caf6c01122a7c51e790b557fb5919658b73b75b822d22a252f3bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2284 (20092010) — Jury trial: rules of court.

Existing law establishes the right to a trial by jury, and provides that a jury may be waived in a civil case only pursuant to specified manners. Under existing law, a jury trial consists of 12 persons, except that in civil actions and cases of misdemeanor, it may consist of 12 or any number less than 12, upon which the parties may agree. Existing law provides for the review of a judgment or order in a civil action or proceeding by appeal, and requires the Judicial Council to prescribe rules for the practice and procedure on appeal consistent with state law. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to provide by rule the practice and procedure for coordination of civil actions in convenient courts, including provision for giving notice and presenting evidence. Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to promulgate rules governing pretrial conferences, and the time, manner, and nature thereof, in civil cases at issue, or in one or more classes thereof, in the superior courts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/21/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/15/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2284 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2284 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2284 EVANS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2284 Evans By Corbett — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Evans — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2010-03-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2010-03-23 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-04-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4820.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-05-06 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2010-06-21 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-07-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2010-08-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-04 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2010-08-05 From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
• 2010-08-05 Ordered to third reading.
• 2010-08-18 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-20 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4710.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-23 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6463.)
• 2010-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6525.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-09-03 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 p.m.
• 2010-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 674, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80167128-15d1-4e31-bb68-4eaf677e25d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).