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Bill	Civil law: omnibus bill.	(1) Existing law, the Small Claims Act, governs the procedures in small claims court. The act provides that the judgment of the superior court of a small claims appeal is final, and specifies the procedures for the enforcement of judgments.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 647	California SB 647 (20112012)	bill	Civil law: omnibus bill.	enacted	Committee on Judiciary	11	31	7	2011-02-18	2011-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ca002b75-a40c-4498-a62e-3f885257daac	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647	3d40eeae93ba7f3e1d8fe01b540940702f062da8f2e41a41ebe0bc6e0a1de6bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 647 (20112012) — Civil law: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law, the Small Claims Act, governs the procedures in small claims court. The act provides that the judgment of the superior court of a small claims appeal is final, and specifies the procedures for the enforcement of judgments.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/10/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/17/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/16/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/15/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/22/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/21/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB647 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/08/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 647 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB647 Committee on Jud. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #9 SB647 Committee on Jud. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-03-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2011-04-25 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
• 2011-05-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 860.) (May 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-13 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2011-05-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-05-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2011-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1141.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-09 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2011-06-16 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
• 2011-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-13 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2011-08-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2598.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2319.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 308, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca002b75-a40c-4498-a62e-3f885257daac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).