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Bill
Elders and dependent adults: abandonment.
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, provides for the award of attorney's fees and costs to, and the recovery of damages by, a plaintiff when it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is liable for physical abuse or neglect, as defined, and the defendant has also been found guilty of recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice in the commission of that abuse.
us/states/ca
California Legislature
20192020
SB 314
California SB 314 (20192020)
Elders and dependent adults: abandonment.
enacted
4
16
4
2019-02-15
2019-06-26
openstates
ocd-bill/b7e55eda-4278-4715-b95c-0bd3c20b1cee
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB314
823941853b93dde7cd1e030d30eda2ae0404fa51d9e56e12455b0865ce5f653e
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump
2026-07-06
reported
California SB 314 (20192020) — Elders and dependent adults: abandonment.
Existing law, the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, provides for the award of attorney's fees and costs to, and the recovery of damages by, a plaintiff when it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant is liable for physical abuse or neglect, as defined, and the defendant has also been found guilty of recklessness, oppression, fraud, or malice in the commission of that abuse.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
02/15/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
06/26/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
SB314 (committee substitute) — source
06/12/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
Consent Calendar SB314 — 37– 0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11– 0 (pass) · lower
SB 314 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — 75– 0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 8– 0 (pass) · upper
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-12 Set for hearing March 26.
2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 438.) (March 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-03-27 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 563.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-06-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2234.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-06-10 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-06-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2019-06-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-06-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 21, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/b7e55eda-4278-4715-b95c-0bd3c20b1cee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).