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type: "Bill"
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title: "Special motions to strike: priority housing development projects."
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description: "Existing law permits any party to file a notice of motion and motion to strike the whole or any part of a pleading. Under existing law, a party may file with the trial court a special motion to strike a cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person's right of petition or free speech under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution in connection with a public issue."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 439"
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citation: "California SB 439 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Special motions to strike", "priority housing development projects"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-13"
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last_action: "2023-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d9a0c59-24d7-4858-a824-1bfae0f9b290"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB439"
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source_hash: "67480372e340ccaf6ea4dc79b5be3a748719ef6c1d51097b6e7c39cc9e393d48"
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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 439 (20232024) — Special motions to strike: priority housing development projects.
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Existing law permits any party to file a notice of motion and motion to strike the whole or any part of a pleading. Under existing law, a party may file with the trial court a special motion to strike a cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person's right of petition or free speech under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution in connection with a public issue.
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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. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB439&version=20230SB43999INT)
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2. **03/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB439&version=20230SB43998AMD)
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3. **05/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB439&version=20230SB43997AMD)
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4. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB439&version=20230SB43996AMD)
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5. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB439&version=20230SB43994CHP)
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6. **SB439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB439)
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7. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB439&version=20230SB43995ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 439 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Grayson — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB439 Skinner Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Skinner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** 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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- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-18** Set for hearing May 2.
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- **2023-05-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 1011.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1053.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-26** 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`
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- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-06-12** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
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- **2023-06-12** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-09-01** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2987.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2599.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2023-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 779, Statutes of 2023. `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/0d9a0c59-24d7-4858-a824-1bfae0f9b290`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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