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Bill	Civil actions: service of notice or other paper.	Existing law authorizes service of a notice or other paper in a civil action by personal delivery to the party or attorney on whom service is required to be made, or, for service upon a party, by leaving the notice or other papers with a person 18 years of age or older at the party's residence between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Existing law provides that if, at the time of attempted service between those hours, a person 18 years of age or older cannot be found at the party's residence, the notice or papers may be served by mail.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2286	California AB 2286 (20172018)	bill	Civil actions: service of notice or other paper.	enacted	Chen	6	19	5	2018-02-13	2018-08-27	openstates	ocd-bill/27ca793e-314a-4ace-bde1-bc6f78f89782	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2286	d85a13de6a30f30f44097ea6dc664f83f51d2522f58d9ee1895c2d2aae91ad78	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2286 (20172018) — Civil actions: service of notice or other paper.

Existing law authorizes service of a notice or other paper in a civil action by personal delivery to the party or attorney on whom service is required to be made, or, for service upon a party, by leaving the notice or other papers with a person 18 years of age or older at the party's residence between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Existing law provides that if, at the time of attempted service between those hours, a person 18 years of age or older cannot be found at the party's residence, the notice or papers may be served by mail.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/14/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2286 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/10/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2286 CHEN Assembly Third Reading — 70–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 2286 CHEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2286 Chen By Anderson — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-12 From Consent Calendar.
• 2018-04-12 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 4822.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5045.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6202.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 212, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27ca793e-314a-4ace-bde1-bc6f78f89782. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).