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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Civil actions: post-verdict motions."
+description: "Existing law establishes procedures by which a court, either on its own motion or on motion of a party against whom a verdict has been rendered, may render judgment in favor of the aggrieved party notwithstanding the verdict. Existing law also establishes the procedures by which a party to a court action may make a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20132014"
+identifier: "AB 1659"
+citation: "California AB 1659 (20132014)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil actions: post-verdict motions."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2014-02-12"
+last_action: "2014-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d2c8aa0-b1e8-4410-917d-41b9a63dea92"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659"
+source_hash: "180809204eaa619875d714873a734c6ce4a7625b19f158cd65cfb65808967724"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1659 (20132014) — Civil actions: post-verdict motions.
+
+Existing law establishes procedures by which a court, either on its own motion or on motion of a party against whom a verdict has been rendered, may render judgment in favor of the aggrieved party notwithstanding the verdict. Existing law also establishes the procedures by which a party to a court action may make a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/12/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659&version=20130AB165999INT)
+2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659&version=20130AB165998AMD)
+3. **07/08/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659&version=20130AB165996CHP)
+4. **AB1659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659)
+5. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659&version=20130AB165997ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1659 CHAU Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chau — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
+- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2014-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2014-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2014-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4479.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2014-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4141.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
+- **2014-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2014.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d2c8aa0-b1e8-4410-917d-41b9a63dea92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+