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type: "Bill"
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title: "Service of Process Accountability, Reform and Equity (SPARE) Act."
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description: "(1) Existing law requires a natural person who, for specific compensation, makes more than 10 services of process within the state in one calendar year, or a corporation or partnership that derives compensation from service of process within the state, to file and maintain a verified certificate of registration as a process server with the county clerk of the county in which the person, corporation, or partnership resides or has its principal place of business, except as specified. Existing law requires each county clerk to maintain a register of process servers and assign a number and issue an identification card to each process server."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 747"
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citation: "California AB 747 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ServiceofProcessAccountability", "ReformandEquity(SPARE)Act"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-18"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90fb63ca-39e0-4906-b7a7-f285d23d1ae7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747"
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source_hash: "3c9f54f4b039ebd12e25dd646aab6bc6780a0b67780b8d9f15c2f77c3ff46779"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 747 (20252026) — Service of Process Accountability, Reform and Equity (SPARE) Act.
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(1) Existing law requires a natural person who, for specific compensation, makes more than 10 services of process within the state in one calendar year, or a corporation or partnership that derives compensation from service of process within the state, to file and maintain a verified certificate of registration as a process server with the county clerk of the county in which the person, corporation, or partnership resides or has its principal place of business, except as specified. Existing law requires each county clerk to maintain a register of process servers and assign a number and issue an identification card to each process server.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747&version=20250AB74799INT)
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2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747&version=20250AB74798AMD)
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3. **05/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747&version=20250AB74797AMD)
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4. **08/18/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747&version=20250AB74796AMD)
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5. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747&version=20250AB74795AMD)
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6. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747&version=20250AB74793CHP)
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7. **AB747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747)
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8. **09/15/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB747&version=20250AB74794ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 747 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–20** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 747 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **59–13** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB747 Kalra By Umberg — **30–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kalra — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** 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`
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- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 13. Page 2080.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-08-18** 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`
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- **2025-08-18** (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2173.)
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- **2025-08-25** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2729.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 3282.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 563, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90fb63ca-39e0-4906-b7a7-f285d23d1ae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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