republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-136.md

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Bill	Courts.	(1) Existing law requires the Judicial Council to sponsor a pilot program for 2 fiscal years to study whether increases in juror compensation and mileage reimbursement rates increase juror diversity and participation. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to provide a report to the Legislature describing the findings of the pilot program and providing information for promoting juror diversity by September 1, 2026. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 136	California AB 136 (20252026)	bill appropriation	Courts	enacted	Committee on Budget	5	20	4	2025-01-08	2025-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/16f7a888-a804-40af-80f6-14ea803b178f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB136	ccab5abeae9786994c65a8532c9789d71a0e2d1eab4d412fb19dc18487aa55d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 136 (20252026) — Courts.

(1) Existing law requires the Judicial Council to sponsor a pilot program for 2 fiscal years to study whether increases in juror compensation and mileage reimbursement rates increase juror diversity and participation. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to provide a report to the Legislature describing the findings of the pilot program and providing information for promoting juror diversity by September 1, 2026. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. 01/08/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/27/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB136 (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 136 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — 53–17 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 18–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 136 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — 76–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB136 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-01-09 From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2025-03-17 Ordered to second reading.
• 2025-03-17 (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
• 2025-03-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 731.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-03-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-04-02 Referred to Com. on B. & F. R. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1807.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-06-27 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 2329.)
• 2025-06-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2337.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
• 2025-06-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-06-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16f7a888-a804-40af-80f6-14ea803b178f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).