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Bill Civil actions: damages. Existing law authorizes a person who suffers a loss or harm to that person or that person's property, from an unlawful act or omission of another to recover monetary compensation, known as damages, from the person in fault. Existing law specifies the measure of damages as the amount which will compensate for the loss or harm, whether anticipated or not, and requires the damages awarded to be reasonable. us/states/ca California Legislature 20192020 SB 41 California SB 41 (20192020)
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California SB 41 (20192020) — Civil actions: damages.

Existing law authorizes a person who suffers a loss or harm to that person or that person's property, from an unlawful act or omission of another to recover monetary compensation, known as damages, from the person in fault. Existing law specifies the measure of damages as the amount which will compensate for the loss or harm, whether anticipated or not, and requires the damages awarded to be reasonable.

Version chain

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

  1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 05/02/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/10/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/30/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB41 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 07/15/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended. — 110 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading SB41 Hertzberg et al. — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 90 (pass) · upper
  • SB 41 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By Chiu — 780 (pass) · lower
  • Special Consent SB41 — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hertzberg — primary (person)
  • Archuleta — coauthor (person)
  • Beall — coauthor (person)
  • Chiu — coauthor (person)
  • Mitchell — coauthor (person)
  • Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-12-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-12-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
  • 2019-01-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2019-04-10 Set for hearing April 30.
  • 2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 905.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2019-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 955.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-05-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2019-06-06 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2019-06-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2488.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-07-01 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2019-07-03 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2019-07-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2055.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-07-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  • 2019-07-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-07-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 136, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf059a9e-6e05-4a16-a69e-0fb8ef183c00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).