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type: "Bill"
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title: "Elders and dependent adults: abandonment."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "SB 314"
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citation: "California SB 314 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elders and dependent adults: abandonment."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2019-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7e55eda-4278-4715-b95c-0bd3c20b1cee"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB314"
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source_hash: "823941853b93dde7cd1e030d30eda2ae0404fa51d9e56e12455b0865ce5f653e"
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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 SB 314 (20192020) — Elders and dependent adults: abandonment.
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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.
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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. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB314&version=20190SB31499INT)
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2. **06/26/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB314&version=20190SB31497CHP)
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3. **SB314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB314)
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4. **06/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB314&version=20190SB31498ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar SB314 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 314 Dodd Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dodd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
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- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-12** Set for hearing March 26.
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- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 438.) (March 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 563.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-06-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2234.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-06-10** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2019-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2019-06-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 21, Statutes of 2019.
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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/b7e55eda-4278-4715-b95c-0bd3c20b1cee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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