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type: "Bill"
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title: "Small claims court: equitable relief."
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description: "Existing law establishes a small claims division, known as a small claims court, in each superior court. Existing law provides that the small claims court has jurisdiction over actions seeking certain forms of relief, including money damages in specified amounts. Existing law further provides that, in any of those actions, the court may grant equitable relief in the form of rescission, restitution, reformation, and specific performance in lieu of, or in addition to, money damages."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 712"
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citation: "California AB 712 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Small claims court: equitable relief."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2009-02-26"
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last_action: "2009-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2bbdf1a-4122-464a-93ca-b5386d0f015a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB712"
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source_hash: "d66f7d8836eeee845378518650f44165d1238e501119c8e21581b5b5b19e8cac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 712 (20092010) — Small claims court: equitable relief.
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Existing law establishes a small claims division, known as a small claims court, in each superior court. Existing law provides that the small claims court has jurisdiction over actions seeking certain forms of relief, including money damages in specified amounts. Existing law further provides that, in any of those actions, the court may grant equitable relief in the form of rescission, restitution, reformation, and specific performance in lieu of, or in addition to, money damages.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB712&version=20090AB71299INT)
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2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB712&version=20090AB71298AMD)
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3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB712&version=20090AB71296CHP)
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4. **AB712** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB712)
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5. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB712&version=20090AB71297ENR)
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## Votes
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB712 Evans By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- AB 712 EVANS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Evans — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
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- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1109.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-06-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-06-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-11** To inactive file on motion of Senator Leno.
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- **2009-08-27** From inactive file. To second reading.
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- **2009-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2160.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
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- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2009.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2bbdf1a-4122-464a-93ca-b5386d0f015a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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