republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-406.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act."
description: "The existing Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act provides that foreign judgments that grant or deny recovery of a sum of money and that are final and conclusive are enforceable in California, with specified exceptions. The act includes within the definition of \"foreign-country judgment\" a judgment by any Indian tribe recognized by the government of the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 406"
citation: "California SB 406 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2014-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6d8f0f3-3f3f-4f08-ada1-2b8392bd334b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB406"
source_hash: "57e63a0c2bc23c6347c1a3bc70cb640f4200f3f9b2275162246ed6a92375f9b1"
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 406 (20132014) — Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act.

The existing Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act provides that foreign judgments that grant or deny recovery of a sum of money and that are final and conclusive are enforceable in California, with specified exceptions. The act includes within the definition of "foreign-country judgment" a judgment by any Indian tribe recognized by the government of the United States.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB406&version=20130SB40699INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB406&version=20130SB40698AMD)
3. **06/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB406&version=20130SB40697AMD)
4. **06/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB406&version=20130SB40696AMD)
5. **08/22/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB406&version=20130SB40694CHP)
6. **SB406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB406)
7. **08/12/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB406&version=20130SB40695ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 406 Evans Senate Third Reading By STONE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB406 Evans Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-12-19** Set for hearing January 14.
- **2014-01-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2599.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-16** Set for hearing January 21.
- **2014-01-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2635.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-04** From consent calendar.
- **2014-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5913.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4399.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 243, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6d8f0f3-3f3f-4f08-ada1-2b8392bd334b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).