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Bill	Correctional facilities: service of process.	Existing law requires a sheriff or jailer upon whom a paper in a judicial proceeding, that is directed to a prisoner in their custody, is served, to deliver the paper to the prisoner, with a note of the time of its service. Existing law makes the sheriff or jailer liable to the prisoner for all damages occasioned for neglecting to perform that duty.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1974	California AB 1974 (20212022)	bill	Correctional facilities: service of process.	enacted	Chen	8	26	6	2022-02-10	2022-09-06	openstates	ocd-bill/a06f1a7b-770c-4783-a3c6-c51678eff535	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1974	d423228da64c4e3d88e5b75e30ba3c11c1a5bbd381a91d1a7c981c57fa4aec8d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1974 (20212022) — Correctional facilities: service of process.

Existing law requires a sheriff or jailer upon whom a paper in a judicial proceeding, that is directed to a prisoner in their custody, is served, to deliver the paper to the prisoner, with a note of the time of its service. Existing law makes the sheriff or jailer liable to the prisoner for all damages occasioned for neglecting to perform that duty.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/01/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1974 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/25/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1974 Chen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1974 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1974 Chen By Bates — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4658.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-06-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4955.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-23 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
• 2022-08-23 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6076.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 255, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a06f1a7b-770c-4783-a3c6-c51678eff535. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).