BILL NUMBER: SB 188INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Harman FEBRUARY 7, 2011 An act to amend Section 410.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to civil actions. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 188, as introduced, Harman. Civil actions: jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes a court to exercise jurisdiction on any basis not inconsistent with the California or the United States Constitutions. Existing law also requires a court to stay or dismiss an action in whole or in part on any conditions that may be just when the court finds that in the interest of substantial justice an action should be heard in a forum outside of the state. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 410.30 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended to read: 410.30. (a) When a court upon motion of a party or its own motion finds that in the interest of substantial justice an action should be heard in a forum outside of this state, the court shall stay or dismiss the action in whole or in part on any conditions that may be just. (b) The provisions of Section 418.10 do not apply to a motion to stay or dismiss the action by a defendant who has made a general appearance.