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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Small claims court: jurisdiction."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "SB 221"
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citation: "California SB 221 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Small claims court: jurisdiction."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2011-02-09"
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last_action: "2011-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cd8081f-e23b-4f17-91af-867553096202"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB221"
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source_hash: "aa759e0d431a42de5b3f2ab56b95e27fee2359fb0ba90ccd3145006a92f67989"
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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 SB 221 (20112012) — Small claims court: jurisdiction.
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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.
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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. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB221&version=20110SB22199INT)
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2. **05/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB221&version=20110SB22198AMD)
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3. **05/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB221&version=20110SB22197AMD)
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4. **05/19/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB221&version=20110SB22196AMD)
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5. **07/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB221&version=20110SB22194CHP)
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6. **SB221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB221)
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7. **06/28/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB221&version=20110SB22195ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 221 Simitian Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Simitian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2011-02-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 12.
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- **2011-04-12** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 10.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2011-05-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-18** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2011-05-18** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-05-19** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-05-19** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2011-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1182.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2076.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2011-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2011-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 64, Statutes of 2011.
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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/8cd8081f-e23b-4f17-91af-867553096202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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