BILL NUMBER: AB 2119CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 41 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 6, 2010 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 6, 2010 PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 17, 2010 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY APRIL 5, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Tran FEBRUARY 18, 2010 An act to add Section 12c to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil procedure. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2119, Tran. Civil procedure: deadlines: computation. Exiting law specifies procedural rules applicable to civil litigation, including requiring the performance of specified actions to be completed within a specified number of days before a hearing. This bill would provide that the determination of the specified number of days prior to a hearing would be determined by counting backward from the date of the scheduled hearing and would exclude the date of the hearing. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 12c is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read: 12c. (a) Where any law requires an act to be performed no later than a specified number of days before a hearing date, the last day to perform that act shall be determined by counting backward from the hearing date, excluding the day of the hearing as provided by Section 12. (b) Any additional days added to the specified number of days because of a particular method of service shall be computed by counting backward from the day determined in accordance with subdivision (a).