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ASSEMBLY BILL 3296 (ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE – 1992)
CHAPTER 876, STATUTES OF 1992 - AB 3296
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Sections relating to actions and proceedings in the Business and Professions Code, Civil Code, Code of Civil Procedure, Evidence Code and Government Code were affected in 1992 following legislative passage of Assembly Bill 3296. (See Exhibit #1e) This bill was introduced by the Assembly Committee on Judiciary on February 20, 1992. (See Exhibit #1a)
In the Assembly, the bill was heard by the Committee on Judiciary and the Committee on Ways and Means. (See Exhibit #3 and #5) The Assembly amended the bill on May 4, 1992. (See Exhibit #1b) While in the Senate, Assembly Bill 3296 was heard by the Committee on Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations. (See Exhibit #2 and #7) Two amendments were made to Assembly Bill 3296 by the Senate, on June 25 and August 12, 1992. (See Exhibits #1c and #1d)
The Assembly approved the Senate amendments and forwarded Assembly Bill 3296 to the Governor on September 15, 1992. Governor Pete Wilson signed the bill on September 22, 1992. Assembly Bill 3296 was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 23, 1992 as Chapter 876 of the Statutes of 1992. (See Exhibit #1e and #2)
The Assembly Office of the Floor Coordinator’s Concurrence in Senate Amendments analysis provided the following background discussion on Assembly Bill 3296:
In past years, the Assembly Committee on Judiciary has considered and passed a large number of noncontroversial bills affecting civil practice and court procedures. Some of these bills made technical changes in the statutory language of the Code of Civil Procedure or Evidence Code, while others made minor but important substantive improvements to the civil justice system.
Last session the Judiciary Committee adopted the practice of sponsoring an omnibus bill each year in order to expedite the review process, save Committee and authors’ time and to avoid a large
number of “small bills.” Noncontroversial proposals and bills in the area of civil procedure and practice were consolidated into those bills.
(See Exhibit #11, page 1)