republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1354.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure: discovery: objections."
description: "The Civil Discovery Act permits a party to a civil action to obtain discovery, as specified, by inspecting documents, tangible things, and land or other property in the possession of any other party to the action. The act provides for procedures that must be followed when the responding party objects to part or all of an inspection demand."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1354"
citation: "California AB 1354 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil procedure: discovery: objections."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huber"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f545e4e5-ca03-409b-9bd8-048f905eda4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354"
source_hash: "b13499df056c9d2bde88e7a505fd593904c498ceec43ad901295612be74a87ec"
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 1354 (20112012) — Civil procedure: discovery: objections.

The Civil Discovery Act permits a party to a civil action to obtain discovery, as specified, by inspecting documents, tangible things, and land or other property in the possession of any other party to the action. The act provides for procedures that must be followed when the responding party objects to part or all of an inspection demand.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354&version=20110AB135499INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354&version=20110AB135496AMD)
3. **04/12/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354&version=20110AB135498AMD)
4. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354&version=20110AB135497AMD)
5. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354&version=20110AB135495AMD)
6. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354&version=20110AB135493CHP)
7. **AB1354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354)
8. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1354&version=20110AB135494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1354 HUBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1354 HUBER Consent Calendar Second Day — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 3501.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4444.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5883.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f545e4e5-ca03-409b-9bd8-048f905eda4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).