republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2881.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil law: omnibus."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the publication of notice in set boundaries known as judicial districts in different contexts, including in connection with lien sales and sales pursuant to a mortgage or deed of trust. Existing law provides for the preservation of judicial districts following the unification of municipal and superior courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2881"
citation: "California AB 2881 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil law: omnibus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-25"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e9e16d4-0b87-42e7-87a9-f01eeab749a6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881"
source_hash: "a8825d491967bf31d9b624e4d480379e8ad5f924fcb6c162b7caa8f2613042e7"
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 2881 (20152016) — Civil law: omnibus.

(1) Existing law requires the publication of notice in set boundaries known as judicial districts in different contexts, including in connection with lien sales and sales pursuant to a mortgage or deed of trust. Existing law provides for the preservation of judicial districts following the unification of municipal and superior courts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288199INT)
2. **03/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288198AMD)
3. **04/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288197AMD)
4. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288196AMD)
5. **06/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288195AMD)
6. **08/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288194AMD)
7. **08/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288193AMD)
8. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288191CHP)
9. **AB2881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881)
10. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2881&version=20150AB288192ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2881 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2881 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2881 Committee On JUD. (Stone) By Anderson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2016-03-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** 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`
- **2016-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** 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`
- **2016-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-31** 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`
- **2016-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** From Consent Calendar.
- **2016-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5266.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6358.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 703, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e9e16d4-0b87-42e7-87a9-f01eeab749a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).