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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts: witness local agency employees."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 2727"
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citation: "California AB 2727 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts: witness local agency employees."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2014-02-21"
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last_action: "2014-07-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8295e36a-454a-4e29-9549-5d3df29cf70c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2727"
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source_hash: "99b99f12b96c9dbde02d6b52ecbaf62f084d363b52e6fdb7ab7bfc2cc5585ddd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2727 (20132014) — Courts: witness local agency employees.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2727&version=20130AB272799INT)
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2. **07/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2727&version=20130AB272797CHP)
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3. **AB2727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2727)
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4. **07/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2727&version=20130AB272798ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2727 FRAZIER Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB2727 Frazier By Wolk — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Frazier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
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- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-04-01** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-04-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4361.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2014-04-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4190.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2014-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2014-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2014.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8295e36a-454a-4e29-9549-5d3df29cf70c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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