Existing law, until January 1, 2021, authorizes a party to amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer or demurrer is filed, or after a demurrer is filed but before it is heard if the amended complaint, cross-complaint, or answer is filed and served no later than the date for filing an opposition to the demurrer. Existing law authorizes a party to amend the complaint, cross-complaint, or answer after the date for filing an opposition to the demurrer, upon stipulation by the parties.
California AB 644 (20172018) — Civil procedure: pleadings.
Existing law, until January 1, 2021, authorizes a party to amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer or demurrer is filed, or after a demurrer is filed but before it is heard if the amended complaint, cross-complaint, or answer is filed and served no later than the date for filing an opposition to the demurrer. Existing law authorizes a party to amend the complaint, cross-complaint, or answer after the date for filing an opposition to the demurrer, upon stipulation by the parties.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-04-06 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
2017-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-04-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 1301.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-05-31 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2350.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2017-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 273, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3de8f107-328a-405f-babd-63ec480a5e2f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).