CA AB 1523

enacted

Court-ordered mediation.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law prohibits a court from ordering a civil action into mediation when the amount in controversy exceeds $50,000, as specified. This bill would, as of January 1, 2027, increase the dollar amount of the above-described amount in controversy limitation to $75,000 and impose additional requirements, such as there being no ongoing discovery disputes and at least one party notifying the court of an interest in mediation, to be met before a court may order a civil action into mediation. If the parties do not stipulate to a mutually agreeable mediator, the bill would require the court to select a mediator, at no cost to the parties. Court-ordered mediation would be required to conclude with a mutually acceptable statement of agreement or nonagreement, as specified.

Introduced: —
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Court-orderedmediation

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-03-18
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-03-19
From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
2025-03-24
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-05-06
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 6).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1594.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-20
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-28
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-06-18
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-19
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-25
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-26
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2397.).
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2025-09-02
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-03
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2877.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

03/18/25 - Introduced — 2025-03-18Compare
08/19/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-19Compare
08/25/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-25Compare
09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass.
2025-05-06 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Macedo: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Papan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 1523 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By KALRA
2025-05-19 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Solache: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Fong: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lee: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Soria: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Krell: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ward: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ta: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Chen: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Rogers: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Patel: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Davies: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Ellis: other
- Papan: other
- Dixon: other
- Flora: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
Do pass
2025-06-17 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Valladares: other
- Niello: other
- Weber Pierson: other
- Ashby: other
3rd Reading AB1523 JUD. (Kalra) By Becker
2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Choi: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
AB 1523 Judiciary Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA
2025-09-03 · pass · 75-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Hadwick: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Berman: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Davies: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Solache: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Soria: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bains: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Patel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ta: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Krell: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Chen: yes
- Fong: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Haney: other
- Flora: other
- Alvarez: other
- Jackson: other

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