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Bill	Civil actions.	Existing law establishes procedures for conducting expedited jury trials in civil cases where the parties sign a consent order to stipulate that those procedures apply. Pursuant to these procedures, all parties agree that each side has up to 3 hours to present its case and agree to waive all rights to appeal and to move for a directed verdict or to make any posttrial motions, except as provided. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2016.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 555	California AB 555 (20152016)	bill	Civil actions.	enacted	Alejo	7	23	5	2015-02-23	2015-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/bce99e04-0af8-471a-b969-632c6740d2ad	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555	1137ed359fe46e92d7a8bd3c3bcea1ce98e59f8be6ff922962fef22ec380bcdb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 555 (20152016) — Civil actions.

Existing law establishes procedures for conducting expedited jury trials in civil cases where the parties sign a consent order to stipulate that those procedures apply. Pursuant to these procedures, all parties agree that each side has up to 3 hours to present its case and agree to waive all rights to appeal and to move for a directed verdict or to make any posttrial motions, except as provided. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2016.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/02/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/26/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB555 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB555 Alejo By Hertzberg — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 555 ALEJO Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 555 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alejo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 885.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-07-02 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
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2341.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-02 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2795.)
• 2015-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2804.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-14 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 330, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bce99e04-0af8-471a-b969-632c6740d2ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).