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Bill Civil actions: interpreter costs: indigent. Existing law provides that in a civil action, the prevailing party, as defined, is generally entitled to recover specified costs in an action or proceeding. These costs include court interpreter fees when the court has authorized a court interpreter for an indigent person represented by a legal services project serving indigent persons. Existing law also defines a pro bono attorney as an attorney, law firm, or legal corporation that undertakes representation of a party without charge to that party. us/states/ca California Legislature 20112012 AB 2684 California AB 2684 (20112012)
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California AB 2684 (20112012) — Civil actions: interpreter costs: indigent.

Existing law provides that in a civil action, the prevailing party, as defined, is generally entitled to recover specified costs in an action or proceeding. These costs include court interpreter fees when the court has authorized a court interpreter for an indigent person represented by a legal services project serving indigent persons. Existing law also defines a pro bono attorney as an attorney, law firm, or legal corporation that undertakes representation of a party without charge to that party.

Version chain

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

  1. 03/12/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 05/08/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/29/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB2684 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading AB2684 Committee on JUD. (Wieckowski) By Leno — 350 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 82 (pass) · lower
  • AB 2684 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By FEUER — 5914 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 50 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2012-03-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2012-03-13 From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
  • 2012-03-19 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2012-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (May 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2012-05-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
  • 2012-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2012-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 4780.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2012-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2012-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2012-07-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2012-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4953.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2012-08-29 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2012-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2012-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2012-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 758, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/819f0548-f575-4406-bbe9-0ae07f6d6323. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).