republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2185.md

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Bill	Civil actions: appointment of guardian ad litem.	Existing law authorizes a court to appoint a guardian ad litem to appear in a proceeding on behalf of a party who is a minor, a person who lacks legal capacity to make decisions, or a person for whom a conservator has been appointed, and establishes procedures for the appointed of a guardian ad litem. Existing law requires the title of the complaint in a civil action to include the names of all parties to the action.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2185	California AB 2185 (20172018)	bill	Civil actions: appointment of guardian ad litem.	enacted	Chiu	9	25	5	2018-02-12	2018-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/80bc53d2-6f07-4d8a-8e26-abddaea13514	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185	9141452ec5707851a6d94d008e1cf6546f61e5e1c03935d30a3f2fe0808564d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2185 (20172018) — Civil actions: appointment of guardian ad litem.

Existing law authorizes a court to appoint a guardian ad litem to appear in a proceeding on behalf of a party who is a minor, a person who lacks legal capacity to make decisions, or a person for whom a conservator has been appointed, and establishes procedures for the appointed of a guardian ad litem. Existing law requires the title of the complaint in a civil action to include the names of all parties to the action.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/09/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/17/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/23/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2185 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2185 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2185 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 61–6 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2185 Chiu By Monning — 29–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2018-03-15 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5203.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 6. Page 5238.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 5825.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 6869.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 817, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80bc53d2-6f07-4d8a-8e26-abddaea13514. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).