republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2372.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Deposition transcripts: costs."
description: "The Civil Discovery Act provides a comprehensive procedure for the noticing, conduct, and transcription or recording of oral depositions. Existing law requires the party noticing the deposition to bear the cost of the transcription, unless the court, on motion and for good cause, orders that the cost be borne or shared by another party. The requesting attorney or a party representing himself or herself is required to timely pay the deposition officer or entity providing the services of the deposition officer for the transcription, and any other deposition products or services that are requested."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2372"
citation: "California AB 2372 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Deposition transcripts: costs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b977155f-d594-4c62-b548-0686c508147d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2372"
source_hash: "39bf8b491e2fdb53b70e37bdc555696e942d78a657cacc796fde1cb3ddf0cf29"
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 2372 (20112012) — Deposition transcripts: costs.

The Civil Discovery Act provides a comprehensive procedure for the noticing, conduct, and transcription or recording of oral depositions. Existing law requires the party noticing the deposition to bear the cost of the transcription, unless the court, on motion and for good cause, orders that the cost be borne or shared by another party. The requesting attorney or a party representing himself or herself is required to timely pay the deposition officer or entity providing the services of the deposition officer for the transcription, and any other deposition products or services that are requested.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2372&version=20110AB237299INT)
2. **04/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2372&version=20110AB237298AMD)
3. **06/11/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2372&version=20110AB237297AMD)
4. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2372&version=20110AB237295CHP)
5. **AB2372** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2372)
6. **07/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2372&version=20110AB237296ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2372 HILL Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2372 HILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4593.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4181.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5555.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b977155f-d594-4c62-b548-0686c508147d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).