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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enforcement of judgments: claims of exemption."
+description: "Existing law provides that property that has been levied upon in a civil action may be claimed as exempt by a judgment debtor who files a claim of exemption with the levying officer. Existing law requires a judgment creditor who opposes a claim of exemption to file with the court a notice of opposition to the claim of exemption and a notice of motion for an order determining the claim of exemption. Existing law provides that filing an exemption and notice of opposition of a claim to exemption constitute pleadings. Existing law provides that a defendant makes an appearance in a civil action when the defendant files certain pleadings or motions, such as an answer to a complaint."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 3283"
+citation: "California AB 3283 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Enforcement of judgments", "claims of exemption"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-02-29"
+last_action: "2024-09-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b82b017-6f0d-4e1e-8ea1-00e6122e3a9d"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3283"
+source_hash: "0e0706a8fdf56e5db74b489fa6e957b699966c833dbf2fd68e879f120f1f3e7a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 3283 (20232024) — Enforcement of judgments: claims of exemption.
+
+Existing law provides that property that has been levied upon in a civil action may be claimed as exempt by a judgment debtor who files a claim of exemption with the levying officer. Existing law requires a judgment creditor who opposes a claim of exemption to file with the court a notice of opposition to the claim of exemption and a notice of motion for an order determining the claim of exemption. Existing law provides that filing an exemption and notice of opposition of a claim to exemption constitute pleadings. Existing law provides that a defendant makes an appearance in a civil action when the defendant files certain pleadings or motions, such as an answer to a complaint.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/29/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3283&version=20230AB328399INT)
+2. **08/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3283&version=20230AB328398AMD)
+3. **09/12/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3283&version=20230AB328396CHP)
+4. **AB3283** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3283)
+5. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3283&version=20230AB328397ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass — **9–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **10–2** (pass) · lower
+- AB 3283 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — **62–15** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB3283 JUD. (Kalra) By Limón — **31–9** (pass) · upper
+- AB 3283 Judiciary Assembly Third Reading By KALRA — **59–14** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
+- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 5347.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
+- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 15.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2024-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b82b017-6f0d-4e1e-8ea1-00e6122e3a9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+