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SENATE BILL 2222 (KEENE – 1984)

CHAPTER 802, STATUTES OF 1984

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Government Code section 6259 was amended in 1984 following legislative approval of Senate Bill 2222, which affected this section only. (See Exhibit #1c)  This bill was introduced on February 17, 1984 by Senator Barry Keene at the request of the California Newspaper Publishers’ Association.  (See Exhibits #1a and #3, page 1)

Senate Bill 2222 was assigned to both the Senate and Assembly Committees on Judiciary where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #3 and #7)  One amendment was made to Senate Bill 2222.  (See Exhibits #1b and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor George Deukmejian signed Senate Bill 2222 on August 28, 1984 and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on August 29th as Chapter 802 of the Statutes of 1984.  (See Exhibit #1c)

The Third Reading analysis of Assembly Bill 2222 as last amended that was prepared by the Senate Democratic Caucus described this bill as follows:

The bill would provide that in an action filed on or after January 1, 1985, a court order would not be a final judgement[sic] from which an appeal could be taken, but would be immediately reviewable by petition to the appellate court for the issuance of an extraordinary writ of review.

(See Exhibit #6, page 1)