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Bill	Deposition notices.	Existing law prescribes the procedure for taking oral depositions inside the state. Existing law requires that, unless the parties agree or the court orders otherwise, the testimony, as well as any stated objections, be taken stenographically. Existing law requires a party desiring to take the oral deposition of a person to give a notice in writing that provides specified information, including the address and date of the deposition.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1197	California AB 1197 (20152016)	bill	Deposition notices.	enacted	Bonilla	8	21	5	2015-02-27	2015-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/4ba1cfd6-63c1-41ac-9a27-f2cf846b505e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1197	9cec7b9c0e61616fff33c32d35e31d707c6f527f69d5b99b4d00c78b543375a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1197 (20152016) — Deposition notices.

Existing law prescribes the procedure for taking oral depositions inside the state. Existing law requires that, unless the parties agree or the court orders otherwise, the testimony, as well as any stated objections, be taken stenographically. Existing law requires a party desiring to take the oral deposition of a person to give a notice in writing that provides specified information, including the address and date of the deposition.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/15/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/28/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1197 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1197 Bonilla By Jackson — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1197 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1197 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonilla — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1102.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2156.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2624.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 346, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ba1cfd6-63c1-41ac-9a27-f2cf846b505e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).