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Bill Small claims court: jurisdiction. Existing law specifies that the jurisdiction of the small claims court includes various actions in which the demand does not exceed $7,500, with specified exceptions. us/states/ca California Legislature 20112012 SB 221 California SB 221 (20112012)
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California SB 221 (20112012) — Small claims court: jurisdiction.

Existing law specifies that the jurisdiction of the small claims court includes various actions in which the demand does not exceed $7,500, with specified exceptions.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/09/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 05/02/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/17/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/19/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 07/08/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB221 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 06/28/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • 3rd Reading — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • SB 221 Simitian Consent Calendar Second Day — 770 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 50 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Simitian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2011-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2011-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
  • 2011-02-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2011-04-01 Set for hearing April 12.
  • 2011-04-12 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2011-04-29 Set for hearing May 10.
  • 2011-05-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
  • 2011-05-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 950.) (May 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2011-05-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
  • 2011-05-18 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2011-05-18 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2011-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2011-05-19 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
  • 2011-05-19 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2011-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2011-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1182.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2011-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2011-06-21 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2011-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2011-06-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2076.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2011-06-27 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2011-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
  • 2011-07-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2011-07-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 64, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cd8081f-e23b-4f17-91af-867553096202. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).