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Bill	Court fee waivers: veterans.	Existing law sets forth filing fees and other civil fees for superior courts. Existing law requires certain applicants to be granted initial permission to proceed without paying court fees and costs because of the applicant's financial condition, including an applicant whose monthly income is 200% or less of the current poverty guidelines, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 54	California SB 54 (20252026)	bill	Courtfeewaivers veterans	enacted	Umberg	4	27	9	2025-01-07	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f6161fa9-d425-4711-a957-614c21d7e154	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB54	7a46893312b18c7eac10ed9092f43fccc9b77c551c152552221aebdfffec7bd9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 54 (20252026) — Court fee waivers: veterans.

Existing law sets forth filing fees and other civil fees for superior courts. Existing law requires certain applicants to be granted initial permission to proceed without paying court fees and costs because of the applicant's financial condition, including an applicant whose monthly income is 200% or less of the current poverty guidelines, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/07/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB54 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/10/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 54 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Schiavo — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 7.
• 2025-01-29 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 705.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-17 Set for hearing April 28.
• 2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 918.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1189.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1322.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2989.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 646, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6161fa9-d425-4711-a957-614c21d7e154. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).