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type: "Bill"
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title: "Civil actions: decedent's cause of action."
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description: "Existing law provides that a cause of action that survives the death of the person entitled to commence an action or proceeding passes to the decedent's successor in interest and an action may be commenced by the decedent's personal representative or, if none, by the decedent's successor in interest. Existing law limits the damages recoverable in that action or proceeding to the loss or damage that the decedent sustained or incurred before death, including any penalties or punitive or exemplary damages that the decedent would have been entitled to recover had the decedent lived. Existing law prohibits the recovery of damages for the decedent's pain, suffering, or disfigurement in that action or proceeding."
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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: "SB 447"
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citation: "California SB 447 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil actions: decedent's cause of action."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-02-16"
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last_action: "2021-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdbd3943-81d1-4a73-9885-23f75335a6c7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB447"
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source_hash: "3a5240b2ebc6e459638654a78b19bc288fca451b6a6a4d6668b105894e12d5cc"
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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 SB 447 (20212022) — Civil actions: decedent's cause of action.
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Existing law provides that a cause of action that survives the death of the person entitled to commence an action or proceeding passes to the decedent's successor in interest and an action may be commenced by the decedent's personal representative or, if none, by the decedent's successor in interest. Existing law limits the damages recoverable in that action or proceeding to the loss or damage that the decedent sustained or incurred before death, including any penalties or punitive or exemplary damages that the decedent would have been entitled to recover had the decedent lived. Existing law prohibits the recovery of damages for the decedent's pain, suffering, or disfigurement in that action or proceeding.
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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. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB447&version=20210SB44799INT)
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2. **03/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB447&version=20210SB44798AMD)
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3. **04/22/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB447&version=20210SB44797AMD)
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4. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB447&version=20210SB44796AMD)
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5. **10/01/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB447&version=20210SB44794CHP)
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6. **SB447** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB447)
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7. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB447&version=20210SB44795ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- SB 447 Laird Senate Third Reading By Stone — **49–16** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **9–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **24–10** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB447 Laird Concurrence — **27–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Laird — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-06** Set for hearing April 13.
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- **2021-04-08** April 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2021-04-09** Set for hearing April 20.
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- **2021-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 859.) (April 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 972.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-03** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-07** July 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 16. Page 2721.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 2376.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
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- **2021-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 448, Statutes of 2021. `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/bdbd3943-81d1-4a73-9885-23f75335a6c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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