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IntroducedFeb 19, 2025
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Passed AssemblyApr 21, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
California Assembly Bill
Civil Procedure: recovery of defense costs.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Aug 29, 2025: In committee: Held under submission.
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Summary
Comments on AB 859
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Votes
YES: 73
- Bauer-Kahan
- Carrillo
- Irwin
- Ransom
- Rivas
- DeMaio
- Tangipa
- Alvarez
- Boerner
- Ortega
- Kalra
- Ta
- Aguiar-Curry
- Pacheco
- Petrie-Norris
- Harabedian
- Chen
- Nguyen
- Bennett
- Wallis
- Davies
- Fong
- Hoover
- Addis
- Arambula
- Zbur
- Mark González
- Sanchez
- Garcia
- Celeste Rodriguez
- Bryan
- Wicks
- Ward
- Castillo
- Bonta
- Jackson
- Schiavo
- Gipson
- Haney
- Lackey
- Macedo
- Stefani
- Patterson
- Wilson
- Ahrens
- Connolly
- Hadwick
- Krell
- Lee
- Calderon
- Gabriel
- Alanis
- Dixon
- Elhawary
- Quirk-Silva
- Hart
- Jeff Gonzalez
- Bains
- Ellis
- Flora
- Muratsuchi
- Soria
- Berman
- Caloza
- Ávila Farías
- Solache
- Pellerin
- Michelle Rodriguez
- McKinnor
- Rogers
- Lowenthal
- Patel
- Blanca Rubio
NO: 0
NO: 0
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Aug 29, 2025 | Senate
- In committee: Held under submission.
- Jul 07, 2025 | Senate
- In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
- Jun 25, 2025 | Senate
- From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- May 07, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.
- Apr 21, 2025 | Senate
- In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- Apr 21, 2025 | Assembly
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1176.)
- Apr 09, 2025 | Assembly
- Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
- Apr 08, 2025 | Assembly
- From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8).
- Mar 03, 2025 | Assembly
- Referred to Com. on JUD.
- Feb 20, 2025 | Assembly
- From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Feb 19, 2025 | Assembly
- Read first time. To print.
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