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Home/Bills/SB 29California · 2025–2026 Regular Session
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SB 29: Civil actions: decedent’s cause of action.

California · Senate · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified December 13, 2025

What SB 29 does, verified December 13, 2025

The bill aims to extend the time frame for a deceased person's personal representative or successor in interest to file an action to recover damages for pain, suffering, or disfigurement until January 1, 2027. It also extends the deadline for a plaintiff to report certain information about the action to the judicial council until July 31, 2026. This includes damages recovered through this period. The bill also changes the deadline for the judicial council to submit a report to the legislature until January 1, 2027, covering the period from January 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026.

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6ChapteredPending
Last action: Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. (2025-09-10)Alert me
Recent actions27 total · showing 5
Sep. 13, 2025Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
Sep. 10, 2025Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 3163.)
Sep. 10, 2025Ordered to third reading.
Sep. 10, 2025Withdrawn from committee.
Sep. 10, 2025Assembly Rule 96 suspended.
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