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Bill	Jurisdiction: small claims and limited civil case.	Existing law provides that the small claims court has jurisdiction over actions seeking certain forms of relief, including money damages in specified amounts and claims brought by natural persons, not exceeding $10,000, except as specified. Existing law requires an action or special proceeding to be treated as a limited civil case if certain conditions exist, including, among others, that the amount in controversy does not exceed $25,000.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 71	California SB 71 (20232024)	bill	Jurisdiction small claims and limited civil case	enacted	Umberg	6	34	10	2023-01-09	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/19e1043b-c78e-4f5e-b89a-cc5be2e74bc4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB71	ec71264366f5f40c08ef81a969b4294e2c0eb1101f254654aeb3cb0d74b82624	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 71 (20232024) — Jurisdiction: small claims and limited civil case.

Existing law provides that the small claims court has jurisdiction over actions seeking certain forms of relief, including money damages in specified amounts and claims brought by natural persons, not exceeding $10,000, except as specified. Existing law requires an action or special proceeding to be treated as a limited civil case if certain conditions exist, including, among others, that the amount in controversy does not exceed $25,000.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB71 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB71 Umberg Reconsider — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB71 Umberg et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 34–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 71 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Papan — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 36–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Umberg — primary (person)
• Essayli — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
• 2023-01-18 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-06 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2023-03-22 March 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-03-23 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 685.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-17 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1159.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 1250.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-24 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Umberg.
• 2023-05-24 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1250.)
• 2023-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 1251.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21 June 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-07-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-11 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3148.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2669.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 861, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19e1043b-c78e-4f5e-b89a-cc5be2e74bc4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).