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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil actions."
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description: "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."
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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 555"
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citation: "California AB 555 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil actions."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alejo"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2015-02-23"
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last_action: "2015-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bce99e04-0af8-471a-b969-632c6740d2ad"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555"
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source_hash: "1137ed359fe46e92d7a8bd3c3bcea1ce98e59f8be6ff922962fef22ec380bcdb"
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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 555 (20152016) — Civil actions.
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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.
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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. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555&version=20150AB55599INT)
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2. **07/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555&version=20150AB55598AMD)
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3. **08/24/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555&version=20150AB55597AMD)
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4. **08/26/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555&version=20150AB55596AMD)
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5. **09/28/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555&version=20150AB55594CHP)
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6. **AB555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555)
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7. **09/04/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB555&version=20150AB55595ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB555 Alejo By Hertzberg — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 555 ALEJO Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 555 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alejo — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
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- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 885.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-13** 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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- **2015-07-02** 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`
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- **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`
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- **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2341.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2015-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2795.)
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- **2015-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2804.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2015-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, 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/bce99e04-0af8-471a-b969-632c6740d2ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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