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CA AB 711

enacted

Civil Actions: shorthand reporters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 711 pass?

Yes. CA AB 711 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-28. Latest recorded action (2025-07-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 64, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 711 about?

Existing law requires that meet and confer notices with specified information be filed in support of specified motions. This bill would require that the meet and confer notices specify that the parties have met and conferred regarding the retention of a certified shorthand reporter for the hearing on the motion. This bill also specifies that the meet and confer may be done through electronic communications.

Who sponsors CA AB 711?

Chen is the primary sponsor of CA AB 711.

Description

Existing law requires that meet and confer notices with specified information be filed in support of specified motions. This bill would require that the meet and confer notices specify that the parties have met and conferred regarding the retention of a certified shorthand reporter for the hearing on the motion. This bill also specifies that the meet and confer may be done through electronic communications.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-07-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 64, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Chenauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-15

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  4. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25).

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  5. 2025-03-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. 2025-05-06

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2025-05-15

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1554.)

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  8. 2025-05-15

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

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  9. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  10. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24).

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  11. 2025-06-26

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  12. 2025-07-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1931.).

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  13. 2025-07-03

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  14. 2025-07-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  15. 2025-07-28

    Approved by the Governor.

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  16. 2025-07-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 64, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 05/06/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-06Compare
  • 07/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-08Compare
  • 07/28/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-28Compare
  • AB711Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass.

    2025-03-25 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Essayli: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes

  • AB 711 Chen Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-15 · pass · 70-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Alanis: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Solache: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Lee: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ramos: other

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Niello: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Valladares: other

  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-07-03 · pass · 35-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grove: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Dahle: other
    • Seyarto: other

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB711

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