CA SB 85

enacted

Civil actions: service of summons.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law prescribes specified methods for the service of a summons in a civil action. Under existing law, if no provision is made in statute for the service of summons, a court may direct a summons to be served in a manner that is reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the party to be served. This bill would also authorize a court to direct a summons to be served in a manner that is reasonably calculated to give actual notice to the party to be served if a plaintiff, exercising reasonable diligence, has been unable to serve the summons using methods prescribed by statute. The bill would authorize a court, upon motion, to direct service of the summons by electronic means, if such service is reasonably calculated to give actual notice. The bill would require a plaintiff seeking to establish reasonable diligence under this section to set forth facts that detail, as specified, the attempts to effect service pursuant to the methods prescribed by statute. The bill would also except actions against public entities or agents or employees of public entities from these provisions.

Introduced: 2025-01-21
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 403, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-21
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2025-01-22
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 21.
2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-04-08
Set for hearing May 6.
2025-04-08
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-05-07
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1026.) (May 6).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-15
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1089.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-15
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-05-29
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-06-24
From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-25
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-06-26
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-06-30
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2369.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-07-01
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-21
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-25
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2253.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 403, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

01/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-21Compare
03/25/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-25Compare
04/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-08Compare
06/25/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-25Compare
08/27/25 - Enrolled — 2025-08-27Compare
10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2025-05-06 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Stern: yes
- Laird: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Valladares: other
Consent Calendar 2nd
2025-05-15 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Jones: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Stern: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Padilla: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Grove: other
- Rubio: other
- Cervantes: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.
2025-06-24 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lee: yes
- Connolly: yes
SB 85 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-06-30 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Schultz: yes
- Lee: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Solache: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ward: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Addis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Flora: yes
- Davies: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Berman: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Dixon: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Fong: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Haney: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Quirk-Silva: other
Special Consent
2025-08-25 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Reyes: yes
- Allen: yes
- Jones: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Grove: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Limón: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Hurtado: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Rubio: other

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