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Bill	Civil actions: summary judgment and summary adjudication.	Existing law authorizes a party, pursuant to a specified procedure, to move for summary judgment in any action or proceeding if it is contended that the action has no merit or that there is no defense to it and to move for summary adjudication as to certain issues in the action or proceeding. Existing law requires the court to grant a motion for summary judgment if all the papers submitted show that there is no triable issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law, and to grant a motion for summary adjudication if the papers submitted show that there is no triable issue as to one or more material facts the adjudication of which will completely dispose of a cause of action, an affirmative defense, a claim for damages, or an issue of duty. In determining whether the papers show that there is no triable issue as to a material fact, existing law requires the court to consider all of the evidence set forth in the papers, except evidence to which objections have been made and sustained by the court.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 470	California SB 470 (20152016)	bill	Civil actions: summary judgment and summary adjudication.	enacted	Jackson	7	21	5	2015-02-25	2015-08-10	openstates	ocd-bill/7bc48beb-5330-42df-b1b4-8eff97f31aaa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB470	d750a4ead91c2dc7fc60e199d21a67026d2c01dbdfd2fe2726b8e8a74770b326	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 470 (20152016) — Civil actions: summary judgment and summary adjudication.

Existing law authorizes a party, pursuant to a specified procedure, to move for summary judgment in any action or proceeding if it is contended that the action has no merit or that there is no defense to it and to move for summary adjudication as to certain issues in the action or proceeding. Existing law requires the court to grant a motion for summary judgment if all the papers submitted show that there is no triable issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law, and to grant a motion for summary adjudication if the papers submitted show that there is no triable issue as to one or more material facts the adjudication of which will completely dispose of a cause of action, an affirmative defense, a claim for damages, or an issue of duty. In determining whether the papers show that there is no triable issue as to a material fact, existing law requires the court to consider all of the evidence set forth in the papers, except evidence to which objections have been made and sustained by the court.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/28/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/09/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB470 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 470 Jackson Senate Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB470 Jackson Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
• 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-02 Set for hearing April 14.
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 619.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 776.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-05-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-18 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Holden.
• 2015-07-09 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-07-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2359.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-07-16 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1984.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2015-08-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-08-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 161, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bc48beb-5330-42df-b1b4-8eff97f31aaa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).