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Bill	Civil discovery.	The Civil Discovery Act authorizes the court, with the stipulation of the parties to a civil action other than an unlawful detainer or small claims action, to order the parties to provide initial disclosures to the other parties to the action within 45 days of the court's order. Existing law requires a party providing initial disclosures to provide information regarding persons who have information, or records containing information, supporting the party's claims and defenses, and information regarding agreements which would make a person or an insurance company liable to satisfy a judgment in the action through reimbursement or indemnification. Existing law requires a party to supplement or correct such a disclosure or response, as specified. Existing law requires initial disclosures to be verified by the party under penalty of perjury. Under existing law, these provisions do not apply to unlawful detainer actions or actions brought in the small claims division of a court, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 235	California SB 235 (20232024)	bill	Civil discovery	enacted	Umberg	9	30	6	2023-01-24	2023-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/78e7672f-4560-46ff-bd9c-836ead989549	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB235	d01a8a7f041450884cb999a6dc685b2ea0fb573073ffc56761334c6c223ac9ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 235 (20232024) — Civil discovery.

The Civil Discovery Act authorizes the court, with the stipulation of the parties to a civil action other than an unlawful detainer or small claims action, to order the parties to provide initial disclosures to the other parties to the action within 45 days of the court's order. Existing law requires a party providing initial disclosures to provide information regarding persons who have information, or records containing information, supporting the party's claims and defenses, and information regarding agreements which would make a person or an insurance company liable to satisfy a judgment in the action through reimbursement or indemnification. Existing law requires a party to supplement or correct such a disclosure or response, as specified. Existing law requires initial disclosures to be verified by the party under penalty of perjury. Under existing law, these provisions do not apply to unlawful detainer actions or actions brought in the small claims division of a court, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/24/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/10/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB235 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB235 Umberg Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 235 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Papan — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Umberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-24 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 24.
• 2023-02-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-28 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2023-03-30 April 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 798.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1074.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-24 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan.
• 2023-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-01 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3007.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2598.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 284, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78e7672f-4560-46ff-bd9c-836ead989549. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).