SB 41 California Senate · 2019-2020 Regular Session

Civil actions: damages.

Summary
Existing law authorizes a person who suffers a loss or harm to that person or that person's property, from an unlawful act or omission of another to recover monetary compensation, known as damages, from the person in fault. Existing law specifies the measure of damages as the amount which will compensate for the loss or harm, whether anticipated or not, and requires the damages awarded to be reasonable. This bill would prohibit the estimation, measure, or calculation of past, present, or future damages for lost earnings or impaired earning capacity resulting from personal injury or wrongful death from being reduced based on race, ethnicity, or gender.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Jun 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Assembly Passage
Jul 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Dec 3, 2018 Signed Jul 30, 2019
Floor votes · Senate May 6, 2019 · Assembly Jul 1, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
May 6, 2019
D Democratic26
26 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican8
8 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Amendments
4
Jul 30, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jul 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2055.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Jul 1, 2019
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Jul 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2488.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 10, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
lower
Jun 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4).
lower
May 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
lower
May 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 955.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 2, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
upper
May 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 905.) (April 30).
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Dec 3, 2018
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors