SB 233 is sponsored by Umberg, Thomas J. (Democratic).

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 233 — Civil actions: appearance by telephone.

Last action September 30, 2022 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 979, Statutes of 2022.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2021. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 16 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law authorizes a party who has provided notice to appear by telephone at specified conferences, hearings, or proceedings in civil cases. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt rules effectuating those policies and provisions. Existing law also requires the Judicial Council to establish statewide, uniform fees to be paid by a party for appearing by telephone. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to enter into one or more master agreements with a vendor or vendors to provide for telephone appearances in civil cases pursuant to the above-described provisions. Existing law requires a portion of the fees collected by vendors or courts providing for appearances by telephone to be transmitted to the State Treasury for deposit in the Trial Court Trust Fund. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to determine the method and amount of allocation to eligible courts, as specified. This bill would repeal those provisions.

Bill Text

Chaptered 09/30/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 30, 2022
Enrolled 09/01/22 - Enrolled pdf September 01, 2022
Amended 06/16/22 - Amended Assembly pdf June 16, 2022
Amended 03/01/21 - Amended Senate pdf March 01, 2021
Introduced 01/19/21 - Introduced pdf January 19, 2021
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Action History

September 30, 2022
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 979, Statutes of 2022.
September 30, 2022
Approved by the Governor.
September 06, 2022
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
August 30, 2022
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5345.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
August 30, 2022
Ordered to special consent calendar.
August 24, 2022
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 5107.)
August 24, 2022
Set for hearing August 24.
August 22, 2022
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4917.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
August 22, 2022
Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
August 18, 2022
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
August 18, 2022
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5930.) Ordered to the Senate.
August 15, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 11, 2022
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 03, 2022
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
June 28, 2022
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 16, 2022
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
June 16, 2022
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
June 17, 2021
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
May 13, 2021
Referred to Com. on JUD.
April 22, 2021
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
April 22, 2021
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 885.) Ordered to the Assembly.
April 08, 2021
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
April 07, 2021
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 685.) (April 6).
March 23, 2021
Set for hearing April 6.
March 11, 2021
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
March 01, 2021
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
January 28, 2021
Referred to Com. on RLS.
January 20, 2021
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
January 19, 2021
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Do pass as amended.

September 01, 2023

Passed 11 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	9	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	2	1	0	0
Republican	0	3	0	0
Total	11	4	0	1
% of votes cast	69%	25%	0%	6%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Not Voting
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Nay
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay

Member	Party	Vote
Santiago	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Nay
Eduardo Garcia	—	Not Voting
Jim Patterson	—	Nay
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Nay
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Nay

Member	Party	Vote
Friedman	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Nay
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Not Voting
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Not Voting
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Nay
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Nay
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Nay

Member	Party	Vote
Roth	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Nay
Newman	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Not Voting
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Nay
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Nay
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Nay
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Nay
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Nay
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Nay

Member	Party	Vote
Borgeas	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Not Voting
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Not Voting
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Wood	—	Not Voting
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea