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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts."
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description: "(1) The California Constitution provides for the abolition of municipal courts and their unification within the superior courts, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 1984"
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citation: "California AB 1984 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-23"
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last_action: "2020-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99d37b0f-553c-437b-bed2-e4d65f4ef125"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1984"
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source_hash: "0f25a7080c9c6fb2325800895926341ee4e0853be00ef94a5ec6a784ddd39c06"
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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 1984 (20192020) — Courts.
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(1) The California Constitution provides for the abolition of municipal courts and their unification within the superior courts, 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. **01/23/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1984&version=20190AB198499INT)
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2. **06/26/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1984&version=20190AB198498AMD)
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3. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1984&version=20190AB198496CHP)
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4. **AB1984** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1984)
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5. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1984&version=20190AB198497ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1984 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1984 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar AB1984 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Maienschein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
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- **2020-02-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4724.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-26** 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-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
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- **2020-07-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-08-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4375.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5323.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 210, Statutes of 2020.
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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/99d37b0f-553c-437b-bed2-e4d65f4ef125`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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