republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-515.md

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Bill	Trial: statement of decision.	In a trial by a superior court of a question of fact, existing law requires the court to issue a statement of decision explaining the factual and legal basis for its decision upon the request of any party appearing at the trial made either within 10 days after the court announces a tentative decision, or, for a trial concluded in one calendar day or in less than 8 hours over multiple days, before the matter is submitted for decision. Existing law requires the statement of decision to be in writing, unless the parties agree otherwise, except that for a trial concluded in one calendar day or in less than 8 hours over multiple days, the statement of decision may be made orally in the presence of the parties.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 515	California AB 515 (20252026)	bill	Trial statementofdecision	enacted	Pacheco	7	25	6	2025-02-10	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/e2504f76-9427-4197-b8a5-20782ca5df18	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB515	31bf7e1c96bc15444dbbc7a9f67c7a594aa229f4dce74134285bd337610821cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 515 (20252026) — Trial: statement of decision.

In a trial by a superior court of a question of fact, existing law requires the court to issue a statement of decision explaining the factual and legal basis for its decision upon the request of any party appearing at the trial made either within 10 days after the court announces a tentative decision, or, for a trial concluded in one calendar day or in less than 8 hours over multiple days, before the matter is submitted for decision. Existing law requires the statement of decision to be in writing, unless the parties agree otherwise, except that for a trial concluded in one calendar day or in less than 8 hours over multiple days, the statement of decision may be made orally in the presence of the parties.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/13/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB515 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 515 Pacheco Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 515 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB515 Pacheco By Umberg — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pacheco — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2025-03-13 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 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
• 2025-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1386.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-07-03 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
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-21 From Consent Calendar.
• 2025-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2747.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3195.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 559, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2504f76-9427-4197-b8a5-20782ca5df18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).