republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3047.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court fees: waiver: Indian Child Welfare Act."
description: "Existing law establishes fees for various court filings, including a $500 fee for filing in superior court an application to appear as counsel pro hac vice and a fee for the annual renewal of that application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3047"
citation: "California AB 3047 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court fees: waiver: Indian Child Welfare Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a815bb72-9156-4e89-beda-4d051fc72361"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3047"
source_hash: "c1e8e23740fef83a59273c51acfd666d03ccf83bb55908ec7babc73c670993ce"
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 3047 (20172018) — Court fees: waiver: Indian Child Welfare Act.

Existing law establishes fees for various court filings, including a $500 fee for filing in superior court an application to appear as counsel pro hac vice and a fee for the annual renewal of that application.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3047&version=20170AB304799INT)
2. **08/13/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3047&version=20170AB304798AMD)
3. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3047&version=20170AB304796CHP)
4. **AB3047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3047)
5. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3047&version=20170AB304797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB3047 Daly et al. By Galgiani — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3047 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3047 DALY Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5007.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5448.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6509.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a815bb72-9156-4e89-beda-4d051fc72361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).