republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2394.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil process and notices: ministerial officers."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the service of process and notices, including a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings, by the sheriff or other ministerial officer. Certain documents and records relating to the service of process and notices, including any direction or authority by a party or his or her attorney to a sheriff in respect to the execution or return of process and instructions from a judgment creditor to a levying officer, are required to be in writing, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2394"
citation: "California AB 2394 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil process and notices: ministerial officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brownley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e65cf1e-ab66-4c20-84e0-ef586e8590be"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2394"
source_hash: "5324bba209a0b161f4019a11e765f550d633a88bd72f05dea849b1a371148d4f"
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 2394 (20092010) — Civil process and notices: ministerial officers.

(1) Existing law provides for the service of process and notices, including a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings, by the sheriff or other ministerial officer. Certain documents and records relating to the service of process and notices, including any direction or authority by a party or his or her attorney to a sheriff in respect to the execution or return of process and instructions from a judgment creditor to a levying officer, are required to be in writing, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2394&version=20090AB239499INT)
2. **04/28/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2394&version=20090AB239498AMD)
3. **06/14/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2394&version=20090AB239497AMD)
4. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2394&version=20090AB239495CHP)
5. **AB2394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2394)
6. **08/24/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2394&version=20090AB239496ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #31 AB2394 Brownley — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2394 BROWNLEY Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2394 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brownley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-04-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-28** (Corrected May 10.)
- **2010-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5235.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-14** 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-12** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4603.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6373.)
- **2010-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6398.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 680, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e65cf1e-ab66-4c20-84e0-ef586e8590be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).