California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 383 — Civil actions: discovery status conference.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 189, Statutes of 2017.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the Civil Discovery Act, which governs the rules and procedures related to discovery in all civil cases, and specifies, among other things, the time for completion of discovery. The act authorizes a party to resolve certain discovery disputes by filing a noticed motion. This bill, until January 1, 2023, would authorize a court to conduct an informal discovery conference between the parties to a civil action upon request by a party or on the court's own motion to discuss discovery matters in dispute between the parties, as specified. The bill would authorize a court that grants or orders an informal discovery conference to toll the deadline for filing a discovery motion, or make any other appropriate discovery order. If an informal discovery conference is not held within 30 calendar days from the date the court granted the request, the bill would require that the request for an informal discovery conference be deemed denied, and that any tolling period previously ordered by the court would continue to apply. The bill would further provide that the outcome of an informal discovery conference does not bar a party from filing a discovery motion or prejudice the disposition of a discovery motion.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 189, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2678.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2076.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From Consent Calendar.

  11. Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20).

  13. Measure version as amended on June 12 corrected.

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  15. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  16. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 722.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  21. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 14).

  22. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chau · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Chau

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 383 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 58000
Democratic 14001
Republican 6000
Total 78001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Harper — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Low — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB383 Chau By Jackson

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35000
Democratic 5000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Dodd — Yea
De León — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Newman — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 383 CHAU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 54003
Democratic 15001
Republican 7000
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Burke — Not Voting
Gray — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 383 do?
Existing law establishes the Civil Discovery Act, which governs the rules and procedures related to discovery in all civil cases, and specifies, among other things, the time for completion of discovery. The act authorizes a party to resolve certain discovery disputes by filing a noticed motion. This bill, until January 1, 2023, would authorize a court to conduct an informal discovery conference between the parties to a civil action upon request by a party or on the court's own motion to discuss discovery matters in dispute between the parties, as specified. The bill would authorize a court that grants or orders an informal discovery conference to toll the deadline for filing a discovery motion, or make any other appropriate discovery order. If an informal discovery conference is not held within 30 calendar days from the date the court granted the request, the bill would require that the request for an informal discovery conference be deemed denied, and that any tolling period previously ordered by the court would continue to apply. The bill would further provide that the outcome of an informal discovery conference does not bar a party from filing a discovery motion or prejudice the disposition of a discovery motion.
Who sponsors AB 383?
AB 383 is sponsored by Chau.
What is the current status of AB 383?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 383?
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