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Bill Civil discovery: Electronic Discovery Act. The Civil Discovery Act permits a party to a civil action to obtain discovery, as specified, by inspecting documents, tangible things, and land or other property in the possession of any other party to the action. Existing law requires the party to whom an inspection demand has been directed to respond separately to each item or category of item by any of certain responses, including a statement that the party will comply with the particular demand for inspection by the date set for inspection pursuant to a specified provision. us/states/ca California Legislature 20092010 AB 5 California AB 5 (20092010)
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California AB 5 (20092010) — Civil discovery: Electronic Discovery Act.

The Civil Discovery Act permits a party to a civil action to obtain discovery, as specified, by inspecting documents, tangible things, and land or other property in the possession of any other party to the action. Existing law requires the party to whom an inspection demand has been directed to respond separately to each item or category of item by any of certain responses, including a statement that the party will comply with the particular demand for inspection by the date set for inspection pursuant to a specified provision.

Version chain

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

  1. 12/01/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/29/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB5 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/16/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 5 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day — pass (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB5 Evans — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Evans — primary (person)
  • Corbett — coauthor (person)
  • Feuer — coauthor (person)
  • Harman — coauthor (person)
  • Tran — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2008-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2008-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
  • 2009-02-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2009-03-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2009-03-05 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-03-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 558.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2009-03-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2009-04-30 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2009-06-09 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2009-06-10 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-06-15 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1296.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2009-06-15 In Assembly. To enrollment.
  • 2009-06-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
  • 2009-06-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2009-06-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 5, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bb33e4a-1ba4-4d75-b01d-610198a778d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).