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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil actions: intervention."
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description: "Under existing law, any person who has an interest in a matter in litigation, or in the success of either of the parties, or an interest against both, may intervene in the action or proceeding. Existing law provides that a third person may become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint, uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant, by filing a complaint setting forth the grounds upon which the intervention rests, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 1693"
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citation: "California AB 1693 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil actions: intervention."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-02-27"
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last_action: "2017-07-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6a31ac3-8dfc-4bd6-989d-199890153f65"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1693"
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source_hash: "b548bccaae9dd1738d64035caec4ea2425e5fb7e85a09da7e4586433aa16e6df"
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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 1693 (20172018) — Civil actions: intervention.
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Under existing law, any person who has an interest in a matter in litigation, or in the success of either of the parties, or an interest against both, may intervene in the action or proceeding. Existing law provides that a third person may become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint, uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant, by filing a complaint setting forth the grounds upon which the intervention rests, as specified.
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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. **02/27/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1693&version=20170AB169399INT)
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2. **06/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1693&version=20170AB169398AMD)
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3. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1693&version=20170AB169396CHP)
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4. **AB1693** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1693)
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5. **07/11/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1693&version=20170AB169397ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1693 JUD. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1693 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1693 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
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- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1017.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-12** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1840.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2017-07-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2497.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-07-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2017.
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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/f6a31ac3-8dfc-4bd6-989d-199890153f65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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