Child custody proceedings: testimony by electronic means.
Existing law authorizes the court in a child custody proceeding to permit testimony by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means when a witness or party resides in another state. Existing law also requires a court to permit a party to present testimony and participate in court-ordered child custody mediation by electronic means when the party's military deployment has a material effect on his or her ability to appear in person, to the extent that this technology is reasonably available to the court and protects the due process rights of all parties.
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AB 365
California AB 365 (20152016)
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Child custody proceedings: testimony by electronic means.
California AB 365 (20152016) — Child custody proceedings: testimony by electronic means.
Existing law authorizes the court in a child custody proceeding to permit testimony by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means when a witness or party resides in another state. Existing law also requires a court to permit a party to present testimony and participate in court-ordered child custody mediation by electronic means when the party's military deployment has a material effect on his or her ability to appear in person, to the extent that this technology is reasonably available to the court and protects the due process rights of all parties.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2015-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-03-11 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
2015-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1101.) 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
2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2015-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1614.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2015-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 69, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/875d9f3b-a06e-45e4-a0d6-fa6fb4671bfd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).