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Bill Civil actions: post-verdict motions. Existing law establishes procedures by which a court, either on its own motion or on motion of a party against whom a verdict has been rendered, may render judgment in favor of the aggrieved party notwithstanding the verdict. Existing law also establishes the procedures by which a party to a court action may make a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment. us/states/ca California Legislature 20132014 AB 1659 California AB 1659 (20132014)
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California AB 1659 (20132014) — Civil actions: post-verdict motions.

Existing law establishes procedures by which a court, either on its own motion or on motion of a party against whom a verdict has been rendered, may render judgment in favor of the aggrieved party notwithstanding the verdict. Existing law also establishes the procedures by which a party to a court action may make a motion to set aside and vacate a judgment.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/12/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/01/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/08/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB1659 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/30/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 60 (pass) · upper
  • AB 1659 CHAU Consent Calendar Second Day — 770 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Consent Calendar 2nd — 320 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Chau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2014-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2014-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
  • 2014-02-20 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2014-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2014-04-08 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2014-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-04-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4479.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2014-04-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2014-05-08 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2014-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2014-06-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4141.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2014-06-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2014-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
  • 2014-07-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2014-07-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d2c8aa0-b1e8-4410-917d-41b9a63dea92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).