---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the small claims court to charge and collect a fee of $10 from the plaintiff for each defendant on whom the court clerk serves a copy of the plaintiff's claim by mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "California SB 75 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Courts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2013-01-10"
last_action: "2013-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6659ed6b-cbf0-43c5-9bb7-1f2f6650c4b8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB75"
source_hash: "09476910518913f88d7b46b38b8adc1d132441fc4fd71222c146e17209aec7b7"
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 SB 75 (20132014) — Courts.

(1) Existing law requires the small claims court to charge and collect a fee of $10 from the plaintiff for each defendant on whom the court clerk serves a copy of the plaintiff's claim by mail.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/10/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB75&version=20130SB7599INT)
2. **06/12/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB75&version=20130SB7598AMD)
3. **06/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB75&version=20130SB7596CHP)
4. **SB75** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB75)
5. **06/14/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB75&version=20130SB7597ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Supp 2 SB75 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB75 Committee on B. & F.R. — **24–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 75 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **59–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-10** (Corrected May 9).
- **2013-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-05-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 892.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-14** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 1983.)
- **2013-06-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 1985.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-06-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 1373.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2013-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 31, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6659ed6b-cbf0-43c5-9bb7-1f2f6650c4b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).