republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2484.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: juveniles: remote proceedings."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2027, authorizes a party to appear remotely and a court to conduct conferences, hearings, proceedings, and trials in civil cases, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technology. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, allows any juvenile dependency proceeding to be conducted in whole or in part through the use of remote technology subject to certain conditions, including that a witness may appear through remote technology only with the consent of all parties and if the witness has access to appropriate technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2484"
citation: "California AB 2484 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "juveniles", "remote proceedings"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5acb0d2-81a4-40a6-bcae-65777eaebe92"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2484"
source_hash: "c9c1e357cff8056ccd437c7f654e32a050146e6475ef47176df0334827cc45be"
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 2484 (20232024) — Courts: juveniles: remote proceedings.

Existing law, until January 1, 2027, authorizes a party to appear remotely and a court to conduct conferences, hearings, proceedings, and trials in civil cases, in whole or in part, through the use of remote technology. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, allows any juvenile dependency proceeding to be conducted in whole or in part through the use of remote technology subject to certain conditions, including that a witness may appear through remote technology only with the consent of all parties and if the witness has access to appropriate technology.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2484&version=20230AB248499INT)
2. **03/13/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2484&version=20230AB248498AMD)
3. **05/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2484&version=20230AB248497AMD)
4. **08/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2484&version=20230AB248496AMD)
5. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2484&version=20230AB248494CHP)
6. **AB2484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2484)
7. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2484&version=20230AB248495ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2484 Bryan By Becker — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2484 Bryan Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2484 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4534.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-10** From Consent Calendar.
- **2024-06-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 965, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5acb0d2-81a4-40a6-bcae-65777eaebe92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).