Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution.
Existing law authorizes a court to dismiss an action for delay in prosecution if, among other conditions, an action is not brought to trial within a specified period of time. Existing law prohibits dismissal of an action for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of parties under specified conditions, including if a valid order for child or spousal support exists or, in an action for dissolution of marriage, a separate trial on the issue of the status of marriage has been conducted as provided by law.
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California Legislature
20132014
AB 522
California AB 522 (20132014)
bill
Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution.
California AB 522 (20132014) — Civil actions: exceptions to dismissal for delay in prosecution.
Existing law authorizes a court to dismiss an action for delay in prosecution if, among other conditions, an action is not brought to trial within a specified period of time. Existing law prohibits dismissal of an action for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of parties under specified conditions, including if a valid order for child or spousal support exists or, in an action for dissolution of marriage, a separate trial on the issue of the status of marriage has been conducted as provided by law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 32–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
AB 522 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
AB 522 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bloom — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-03-21 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
2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-04-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 921.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-04-25 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2013-05-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-06-04 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-06-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1274.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-06-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2013-06-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1982.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-06-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2013-06-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-06-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 40, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19ab9b9c-6936-4364-a75d-0208e484d1be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).