republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1856.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deposit in lieu of bond."
description: "Existing law allows, among other things, bearer bonds and bearer notes of the United States or this state and certificates of deposit payable, not exceeding the federally insured amount, issued by banks or savings associations authorized to do business in this state and insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to be deposited with the officer, as defined, in lieu of a bond required by an action or proceeding, except as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1856"
citation: "California AB 1856 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deposit in lieu of bond."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de2fdaf5-5280-493d-b8ba-dc95be98351b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1856"
source_hash: "08048ef6c7874ca294a34eaefbc7d35520e83bf2cfd77d103d7c5afd15a36325"
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 1856 (20132014) — Deposit in lieu of bond.

Existing law allows, among other things, bearer bonds and bearer notes of the United States or this state and certificates of deposit payable, not exceeding the federally insured amount, issued by banks or savings associations authorized to do business in this state and insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to be deposited with the officer, as defined, in lieu of a bond required by an action or proceeding, except as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1856&version=20130AB185699INT)
2. **03/20/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1856&version=20130AB185698AMD)
3. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1856&version=20130AB185697AMD)
4. **06/10/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1856&version=20130AB185696AMD)
5. **09/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1856&version=20130AB185694CHP)
6. **AB1856** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1856)
7. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1856&version=20130AB185695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1856 WILK Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #18 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1856 WILK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4641.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4258.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6078.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 305, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de2fdaf5-5280-493d-b8ba-dc95be98351b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).