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Assembly panel advances bill to raise small-business small-claims cap to $15,000
Summary
The Assembly Judiciary Committee moved AB 18 27 (Chen) to the appropriations committee. The bill would raise the small-claims cap for businesses from $6,250 to $15,000 and allow businesses to file up to three claims per year while preserving existing small-claims safeguards.
Assemblymember Chen presented AB 18 27 to the Assembly Judiciary Committee and asked members to adopt committee amendments and advance the bill. Chen said the proposal ‘‘moderniz[es] the small claim system’’ for businesses by increasing the jurisdictional limit and allowing businesses to bring up to three small-claims actions per year instead of facing costly superior-court litigation.
Supporters told the…
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