republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1489.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: management and destruction of trial court exhibits."
description: "Existing law provides that, for purposes of specified provisions governing the management of trial court records, a \"court record\" consists of, among other things, administrative records filed in an action or proceeding, depositions, paper exhibits, transcripts, and recordings of electronically recorded proceedings, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1489"
citation: "California SB 1489 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: management and destruction of trial court exhibits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a952c0de-4596-4724-a8d5-e0e406db90d2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1489"
source_hash: "3914061c60c0fb629f2dbe10d62979f6187ba526c9a508acb2b9a4a25474cd86"
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 SB 1489 (20112012) — Courts: management and destruction of trial court exhibits.

Existing law provides that, for purposes of specified provisions governing the management of trial court records, a "court record" consists of, among other things, administrative records filed in an action or proceeding, depositions, paper exhibits, transcripts, and recordings of electronically recorded proceedings, as specified.

## 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=201120120SB1489&version=20110SB148999INT)
2. **04/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1489&version=20110SB148998AMD)
3. **06/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1489&version=20110SB148997AMD)
4. **06/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1489&version=20110SB148996AMD)
5. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1489&version=20110SB148994CHP)
6. **SB1489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1489)
7. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1489&version=20110SB148995ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1489 Harman Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1489 Harman Concurrence — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #11 — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-30** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3313.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2012-05-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3667.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5970.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 4761.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 283, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a952c0de-4596-4724-a8d5-e0e406db90d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).