The Civil Discovery Act permits a party to a civil action to obtain discovery, as specified, by inspecting documents, tangible things, land or other property, and electronically stored information in the possession of any other party to the action. The Civil Discovery Act requires any documents produced in response to an inspection demand to be produced as they are kept in the usual course of business, or be organized and labeled to correspond with the categories in the demand.
California SB 370 (20192020) — Discovery: response to inspection demands.
The Civil Discovery Act permits a party to a civil action to obtain discovery, as specified, by inspecting documents, tangible things, land or other property, and electronically stored information in the possession of any other party to the action. The Civil Discovery Act requires any documents produced in response to an inspection demand to be produced as they are kept in the usual course of business, or be organized and labeled to correspond with the categories in the demand.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
SB 370 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-04-02 Set for hearing April 30.
2019-04-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 906.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1002.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-11 June 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2672.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-12 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-08-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-08-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-08-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 208, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20ef033f-763d-468d-8562-1a3b566bca15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).