republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1984.md

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Bill	Courts.	(1) The California Constitution provides for the abolition of municipal courts and their unification within the superior courts, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1984	California AB 1984 (20192020)	bill	Courts.	enacted	Maienschein	5	19	6	2020-01-23	2020-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/99d37b0f-553c-437b-bed2-e4d65f4ef125	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1984	0f25a7080c9c6fb2325800895926341ee4e0853be00ef94a5ec6a784ddd39c06	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1984 (20192020) — Courts.

(1) The California Constitution provides for the abolition of municipal courts and their unification within the superior courts, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/26/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/28/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1984 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1984 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1984 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB1984 — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-01-24 From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
• 2020-02-06 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2020-03-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4724.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2020-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2020-07-31 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4375.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5323.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2020-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 210, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99d37b0f-553c-437b-bed2-e4d65f4ef125. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).