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type: "Bill"
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title: "Penal damages: veterans."
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description: "Existing law requires the trier of fact, in a civil action to redress unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair competition brought by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of senior citizens or disabled persons, to consider specified factors in determining the amount of a discretionary fine, penalty, or remedy to be imposed. Existing law authorizes the trier of fact, upon a finding of one of those factors, to impose a fine, penalty, or other remedy in an amount up to 3 times greater than the amount authorized by statute or the amount the trier of fact would impose in the absence of the affirmative finding."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 1730"
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citation: "California AB 1730 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Penal damages: veterans."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2022-01-31"
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last_action: "2022-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5544d6d1-711d-4d26-8156-fc7efa472353"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1730"
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source_hash: "11c344018f76946ba3d8009b0ae1a3980e4cbd6310e2ad95f3ad516cbe2211f0"
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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 AB 1730 (20212022) — Penal damages: veterans.
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Existing law requires the trier of fact, in a civil action to redress unfair or deceptive acts or practices or unfair competition brought by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of senior citizens or disabled persons, to consider specified factors in determining the amount of a discretionary fine, penalty, or remedy to be imposed. Existing law authorizes the trier of fact, upon a finding of one of those factors, to impose a fine, penalty, or other remedy in an amount up to 3 times greater than the amount authorized by statute or the amount the trier of fact would impose in the absence of the affirmative finding.
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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. **01/31/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1730&version=20210AB173099INT)
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2. **07/01/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1730&version=20210AB173097CHP)
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3. **AB1730** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1730)
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4. **06/22/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1730&version=20210AB173098ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1730 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar AB1730 Davies et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Davies — primary (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
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- **2022-02-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-03-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 3916.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2022-05-04** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4307.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-06-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2022-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2022-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 78, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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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/5544d6d1-711d-4d26-8156-fc7efa472353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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