republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-847.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: omnibus."
description: "(1) Whenever a judgment in class action litigation provides for the payment of money to members of the class, existing law requires any unpaid cash residue or unclaimed or abandoned class member funds generally attributable to California residents to be distributed by transmitting 25% of those funds to the State Treasury for deposit in the Trial Court Improvement and Modernization fund, at least 25% to the State Treasury for deposit in the Equal Access Fund of the Judicial Branch, and up to 50% to nonprofit organizations or foundations, child advocacy programs, or nonprofit organizations providing civil legal services to the indigent, to be used for specified purposes. Existing law requires this distribution unless for good cause shown the court makes a specific finding that an alternative distribution would better serve the public interest or the interest of the class."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 847"
citation: "California SB 847 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Courts: omnibus."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea09e491-4371-408e-b829-29e9d2c13be6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB847"
source_hash: "0c4fb53f8c926cfe9f0ae988e8e763673372c4285e77f3425b8ed383a2ac6691"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 847 (20172018) — Courts: omnibus.

(1) Whenever a judgment in class action litigation provides for the payment of money to members of the class, existing law requires any unpaid cash residue or unclaimed or abandoned class member funds generally attributable to California residents to be distributed by transmitting 25% of those funds to the State Treasury for deposit in the Trial Court Improvement and Modernization fund, at least 25% to the State Treasury for deposit in the Equal Access Fund of the Judicial Branch, and up to 50% to nonprofit organizations or foundations, child advocacy programs, or nonprofit organizations providing civil legal services to the indigent, to be used for specified purposes. Existing law requires this distribution unless for good cause shown the court makes a specific finding that an alternative distribution would better serve the public interest or the interest of the class.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB847&version=20170SB84799INT)
2. **06/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB847&version=20170SB84798AMD)
3. **06/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB847&version=20170SB84796CHP)
4. **SB847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB847)
5. **06/19/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB847&version=20170SB84797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB847 B. & F.R. — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE SB847 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- SB 847 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading — **72–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4865.)
- **2018-04-30** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4921.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 5802.)
- **2018-06-14** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-06-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 5848.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-06-18** Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2018-06-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 4730.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 45, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea09e491-4371-408e-b829-29e9d2c13be6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).