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type: "Bill"
title: "Civil law: omnibus bill."
description: "(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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 647"
citation: "California SB 647 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil law: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca002b75-a40c-4498-a62e-3f885257daac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647"
source_hash: "3d40eeae93ba7f3e1d8fe01b540940702f062da8f2e41a41ebe0bc6e0a1de6bf"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64799INT)
2. **03/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64798AMD)
3. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64797AMD)
4. **05/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64796AMD)
5. **05/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64795AMD)
6. **06/16/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64794AMD)
7. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64793AMD)
8. **08/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64792AMD)
9. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64790CHP)
10. **SB647** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647)
11. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB647&version=20110SB64791ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation to Consent Calendar. — **100** (pass) · lower
- SB 647 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB647 Committee on Jud. — **380** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #9 SB647 Committee on Jud. — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **50** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca002b75-a40c-4498-a62e-3f885257daac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).