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Bill	Courts: witness local agency employees.	Existing law requires a party who subpoenas an employee of a local agency to attend a civil action or proceeding as a witness in a matter regarding an event or transaction that the employee perceived or investigated, and to which that local agency is not a party, to reimburse the local agency for the employee's salary or compensation and other travel expenses, as specified, incurred in complying with the subpoena. Existing law requires the subpoenaing party to tender $150 with the subpoena to the local agency for compensation and traveling expenses of the employee for each day that the employee is required to be in attendance at the proceeding pursuant to the subpoena. Existing law provides for adjusting the amount tendered if actual expenses exceed or are less than the $150 daily amount, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2727	California AB 2727 (20132014)	bill	Courts: witness local agency employees.	enacted	Frazier	4	16	4	2014-02-21	2014-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8295e36a-454a-4e29-9549-5d3df29cf70c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2727	99b99f12b96c9dbde02d6b52ecbaf62f084d363b52e6fdb7ab7bfc2cc5585ddd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2727 (20132014) — Courts: witness local agency employees.

Existing law requires a party who subpoenas an employee of a local agency to attend a civil action or proceeding as a witness in a matter regarding an event or transaction that the employee perceived or investigated, and to which that local agency is not a party, to reimburse the local agency for the employee's salary or compensation and other travel expenses, as specified, incurred in complying with the subpoena. Existing law requires the subpoenaing party to tender $150 with the subpoena to the local agency for compensation and traveling expenses of the employee for each day that the employee is required to be in attendance at the proceeding pursuant to the subpoena. Existing law provides for adjusting the amount tendered if actual expenses exceed or are less than the $150 daily amount, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/21/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2727 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2727 FRAZIER Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2727 Frazier By Wolk — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Frazier — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-04-01 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-04-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4361.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-04-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-04-22 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-06-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-06-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-06-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4190.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-06-30 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2014-07-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2014-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8295e36a-454a-4e29-9549-5d3df29cf70c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).