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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil actions: appointment of guardian ad litem."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 2185"
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citation: "California AB 2185 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil actions: appointment of guardian ad litem."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-02-12"
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last_action: "2018-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80bc53d2-6f07-4d8a-8e26-abddaea13514"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185"
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source_hash: "9141452ec5707851a6d94d008e1cf6546f61e5e1c03935d30a3f2fe0808564d6"
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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 2185 (20172018) — Civil actions: appointment of guardian ad litem.
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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.
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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. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185&version=20170AB218599INT)
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2. **03/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185&version=20170AB218598AMD)
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3. **04/09/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185&version=20170AB218597AMD)
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4. **05/17/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185&version=20170AB218596AMD)
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5. **06/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185&version=20170AB218595AMD)
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6. **08/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185&version=20170AB218594AMD)
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7. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185&version=20170AB218592CHP)
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8. **AB2185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185)
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9. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2185&version=20170AB218593ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2185 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2185 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — **61–6** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2185 Chiu By Monning — **29–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chiu — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5203.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 6. Page 5238.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **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`
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- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 5825.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 6869.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 817, Statutes of 2018.
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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/80bc53d2-6f07-4d8a-8e26-abddaea13514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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