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Bill	Civil actions: change of venue.	Existing law provides that the proper court for trial of a proceeding to enforce a child support obligation is the superior court in the county where the child resides. Existing law authorizes a court, on motion, to change the place of trial in certain cases, and requires the court to which the case is transferred to have and exercise jurisdiction over the case as if it had been originally commenced in that court.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 712	California AB 712 (20172018)	bill	Civil actions: change of venue.	enacted	Bloom	6	26	8	2017-02-15	2017-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d4ea9217-c980-4d5d-a484-df99ef661f81	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB712	e05cc2737e6360b726edf99a003163883dce798a54cae7d1e76262e87c3b571e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 712 (20172018) — Civil actions: change of venue.

Existing law provides that the proper court for trial of a proceeding to enforce a child support obligation is the superior court in the county where the child resides. Existing law authorizes a court, on motion, to change the place of trial in certain cases, and requires the court to which the case is transferred to have and exercise jurisdiction over the case as if it had been originally commenced in that court.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/27/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB712 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/07/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 712 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB712 Bloom By Jackson — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 712 BLOOM FINAL FORM Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By KILEY — 24–51 (fail) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 712 BLOOM FINAL FORM — 72–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 712 BLOOM FINAL FORM Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By ALLEN — 18–47 (fail) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bloom — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-16 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
• 2017-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-06 From Consent Calendar by request of Assembly Member Bloom. To Third Reading. reading-1
• 2017-04-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1015.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1134.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2303.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 In Assembly.
• 2017-08-31 Vote on concurrence in final form pending.
• 2017-09-05 Bill in its final form passes.
• 2017-09-05 (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2958.)
• 2017-09-05 Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2017-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4ea9217-c980-4d5d-a484-df99ef661f81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).