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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil procedure: electronic signatures."
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description: "Existing law provides definitions for particular terms used within the Code of Civil Procedure, including the terms \"signature\" or \"subscription,\" which are defined to include a mark of a person, when the person cannot write, with his or her name being written near it by a person who writes his or her own name as a witness, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 432"
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citation: "California AB 432 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil procedure: electronic signatures."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chang"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2015-02-19"
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last_action: "2015-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe43a69-dbea-4a08-a482-42f95060abe0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB432"
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source_hash: "1cf43386af45d654811c8f7e3ef8f682526cf21fcedc3ef153048a3e8ef12c36"
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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 432 (20152016) — Civil procedure: electronic signatures.
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Existing law provides definitions for particular terms used within the Code of Civil Procedure, including the terms "signature" or "subscription," which are defined to include a mark of a person, when the person cannot write, with his or her name being written near it by a person who writes his or her own name as a witness, 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. **02/19/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB432&version=20150AB43299INT)
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2. **03/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB432&version=20150AB43298AMD)
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3. **03/25/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB432&version=20150AB43297AMD)
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4. **06/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB432&version=20150AB43295CHP)
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5. **AB432** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB432)
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6. **06/19/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB432&version=20150AB43296ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 432 CHANG Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chang — primary (person)
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- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
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- Obernolte — coauthor (person)
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- Patterson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2015-03-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-17** 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`
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- **2015-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-03-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-03-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 855.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1490.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2015-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2015.
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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/4fe43a69-dbea-4a08-a482-42f95060abe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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