republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-543.md

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Bill	Civil actions: service of documents.	(1) Existing law provides that a party to an action in which it is alleged that 2 or more parties are joint tortfeasors or co-obligors on a contract debt is entitled to a hearing on the issue of the good faith of a settlement entered into by the plaintiff or other claimant and one or more alleged tortfeasors or co-obligors, upon giving a specified notice. In the alternative, a settling party may give notice of settlement to all parties and to the court, together with an application for a determination of good faith settlement and a proposed order. Existing law requires that the notice, application, and proposed order be given by certified mail, return receipt requested.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 543	California SB 543 (20172018)	bill	Civil actions: service of documents.	enacted	Morrell	4	16	1	2017-02-16	2017-07-10	openstates	ocd-bill/a7fa181e-08bb-40e4-a06d-a82db2c2a614	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB543	915b74920d7a81bd687d7a741e0e53088e5ba9d67146e5f26fb51df58ea12286	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 543 (20172018) — Civil actions: service of documents.

(1) Existing law provides that a party to an action in which it is alleged that 2 or more parties are joint tortfeasors or co-obligors on a contract debt is entitled to a hearing on the issue of the good faith of a settlement entered into by the plaintiff or other claimant and one or more alleged tortfeasors or co-obligors, upon giving a specified notice. In the alternative, a settling party may give notice of settlement to all parties and to the court, together with an application for a determination of good faith settlement and a proposed order. Existing law requires that the notice, application, and proposed order be given by certified mail, return receipt requested.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/10/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB543 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Morrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-04-13 Set for hearing May 9.
• 2017-05-10 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1021.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1148.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-06-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2259.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-19 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2017-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2017-07-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-07-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 64, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7fa181e-08bb-40e4-a06d-a82db2c2a614. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).