Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

7.4 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Civil procedure: electronic filing and service. Existing law authorizes the service of certain documents in an action filed with a court by electronic means, pursuant to rules adopted by the Judicial Council, if a party has consented to electronic service or electronic service has been ordered by the court. Existing law, before July 1, 2024, authorizes a court to electronically serve any document issued by the court that is not required to be personally served on a party that has agreed or consented to accept electronic service, with the same legal effect as service by mail, except as specified. Existing law, after July 1, 2024, requires a court to transmit any document that the court is required to transmit, deliver, or serve to any party or person who has agreed or consented to accept electronic service, with the same legal effect described above. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 2961 California AB 2961 (20212022)
bill
Civil procedure: electronic filing and service.
enacted
Committee on Judiciary
6 22 7 2022-03-08 2022-08-29 openstates ocd-bill/b184b1a3-3f5c-4aa1-974f-da05dc18ef58 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2961 26a1861cd6ce5b0aec3923a639bfb69e8909a24fe7c910d16c564ff82faa14c3 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-ca

California AB 2961 (20212022) — Civil procedure: electronic filing and service.

Existing law authorizes the service of certain documents in an action filed with a court by electronic means, pursuant to rules adopted by the Judicial Council, if a party has consented to electronic service or electronic service has been ordered by the court. Existing law, before July 1, 2024, authorizes a court to electronically serve any document issued by the court that is not required to be personally served on a party that has agreed or consented to accept electronic service, with the same legal effect as service by mail, except as specified. Existing law, after July 1, 2024, requires a court to transmit any document that the court is required to transmit, deliver, or serve to any party or person who has agreed or consented to accept electronic service, with the same legal effect described above.

Version chain

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

  1. 03/08/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/20/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/02/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. AB2961 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 08/12/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 160 (pass) · lower
  • AB 2961 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — 760 (pass) · lower
  • Consent Calendar AB2961 JUD. — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 110 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 50 (pass) · upper
  • AB 2961 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — 720 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-03-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2022-03-09 From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
  • 2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2022-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2022-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
  • 2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4741.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2022-06-01 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2022-06-02 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2022-08-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4683.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2022-08-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2022-08-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5814.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-08-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2022-08-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-08-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 215, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b184b1a3-3f5c-4aa1-974f-da05dc18ef58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).