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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil actions: post-verdict motions."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 1659"
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citation: "California AB 1659 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil actions: post-verdict motions."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2014-02-12"
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last_action: "2014-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d2c8aa0-b1e8-4410-917d-41b9a63dea92"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659"
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source_hash: "180809204eaa619875d714873a734c6ce4a7625b19f158cd65cfb65808967724"
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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 AB 1659 (20132014) — Civil actions: post-verdict motions.
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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.
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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. **02/12/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659&version=20130AB165999INT)
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2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659&version=20130AB165998AMD)
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3. **07/08/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659&version=20130AB165996CHP)
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4. **AB1659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659)
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5. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1659&version=20130AB165997ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1659 CHAU Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chau — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2014-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2014-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-04-08** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4479.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4141.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
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- **2014-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2014.
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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/8d2c8aa0-b1e8-4410-917d-41b9a63dea92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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