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Bill	Electronic filing and service.	(1) Existing law authorizes a trial court to adopt local rules permitting the electronic filing of documents, subject to uniform rules adopted by the Judicial Council and other specified conditions. Existing law also authorizes a superior court, by local rule, to require the electronic filing of documents, upon adoption of uniform rules by the Judicial Council for mandatory electronic filing and service of documents for specified civil actions, and subject to other conditions. Under existing law, the Orange County Superior Court is authorized until July 1, 2014, to establish a pilot project to require parties to specified civil actions to file and serve documents electronically, subject to certain requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 976	California AB 976 (20172018)	bill	Electronic filing and service.	enacted	Berman	8	26	3	2017-02-16	2017-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d3a6223e-550b-4061-b6b4-ea60f113eb5d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB976	7f49436b10ede8b4cf70737f7bb89bda00c0c5fdba664ae04c2d210df329fd9e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 976 (20172018) — Electronic filing and service.

(1) Existing law authorizes a trial court to adopt local rules permitting the electronic filing of documents, subject to uniform rules adopted by the Judicial Council and other specified conditions. Existing law also authorizes a superior court, by local rule, to require the electronic filing of documents, upon adoption of uniform rules by the Judicial Council for mandatory electronic filing and service of documents for specified civil actions, and subject to other conditions. Under existing law, the Orange County Superior Court is authorized until July 1, 2014, to establish a pilot project to require parties to specified civil actions to file and serve documents electronically, subject to certain requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/11/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB976 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB976 Berman By Jackson — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 976 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-04-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-20 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1489.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-15 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
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-07-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2751.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3326.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2017-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3a6223e-550b-4061-b6b4-ea60f113eb5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).