SB 932 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Civil proceedings: real party in interest.

Summary
Existing law requires an action to be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except as otherwise provided by statute. This bill would require an assignee to identify the assignor who is the original real party in interest in the title of the case on the first document the assignee files in a proceeding.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Aug 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Assembly Passage
Aug 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2026 Last action Aug 24, 2026
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What changed between versions

08/20/26 - Enrolled SB932 · 1 edit
MINOR
No substantive policy changes occurred between these two versions. The diff reflects a transition from the formal enrolled bill document (with Senate and Assembly passage stamps and Governor's approval line) to a web page rendering of the same bill text. The actual legislative content - adding Section 369.6 to the Code of Civil Procedure - is identical in both versions.
TECHNICAL

The document changed from a formal enrolled bill format (with Secretary of Senate, Chief Clerk of Assembly, and Governor's approval stamps) to a web page layout with navigation menus, search tools, and metadata fields. The underlying statutory text of Section 369.6 is unchanged.

Floor votes · Senate May 18, 2026 · Assembly Aug 19, 2026

How they voted

380
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 18, 2026
D Democratic30
29 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican10
9 Yea 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Aug 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Aug 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 9).
lower
May 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
lower
May 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4303.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Mar 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3659.) (March 24).
upper
Mar 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Melissa Hurtado
Melissa Hurtado
DDemocratic
CA
16