republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1899.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts."
description: "(1) Existing law includes maxims of jurisprudence in civil law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1899"
citation: "California AB 1899 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03c2462a-f702-4024-a718-52be628c4acd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899"
source_hash: "ff19562d106b058815fec5c93a169ab7df243dcec34897e778d834669d5da2e9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1899 (20232024) — Courts.

(1) Existing law includes maxims of jurisprudence in civil law.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899&version=20230AB189999INT)
2. **02/26/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899&version=20230AB189998AMD)
3. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899&version=20230AB189997AMD)
4. **06/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899&version=20230AB189996AMD)
5. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899&version=20230AB189995AMD)
6. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899&version=20230AB189993CHP)
7. **AB1899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899)
8. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1899&version=20230AB189994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **10–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 1899 Cervantes Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WARD — **63–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1899 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading By WARD — **60–8** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1899 Cervantes et al. By Eggman — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (March 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 8. Page 5298.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** 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`
- **2024-06-24** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 3.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 812, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03c2462a-f702-4024-a718-52be628c4acd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).