---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder and dependent adult abuse: restitution: earnings withholding orders."
description: "Existing law provides for the award of attorney's fees and costs, and damages to a plaintiff when it is proven by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is liable for financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Existing law authorizes the remedy of attachment against a defendant's property to secure the amount of the claimed indebtedness to the plaintiff in connection with cases involving financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2619"
citation: "California AB 2619 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder and dependent adult abuse: restitution: earnings withholding orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ee39d8d-3090-4999-aab8-2a07239175b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2619"
source_hash: "fffc7921b7cf4378aabaaf9a39857e8e527118d31162697f11db44e86a952827"
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 2619 (20092010) — Elder and dependent adult abuse: restitution: earnings withholding orders.

Existing law provides for the award of attorney's fees and costs, and damages to a plaintiff when it is proven by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is liable for financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Existing law authorizes the remedy of attachment against a defendant's property to secure the amount of the claimed indebtedness to the plaintiff in connection with cases involving financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2619&version=20090AB261999INT)
2. **04/06/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2619&version=20090AB261998AMD)
3. **04/28/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2619&version=20090AB261997AMD)
4. **07/09/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2619&version=20090AB261995CHP)
5. **AB2619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2619)
6. **06/25/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2619&version=20090AB261996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2619 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2619 Block — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-06** (Corrected April 20.)
- **2010-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5087.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4056.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2010-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 64, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ee39d8d-3090-4999-aab8-2a07239175b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).