---
type: "Bill"
title: "Debtor exemptions: bankruptcy."
description: "Existing law identifies property of a debtor that is exempt from all procedures for enforcement of a money judgment. Under existing law, those exemptions are available to a debtor in a federal bankruptcy case, whether a money judgment is being enforced by execution sale or other procedure, unless the debtor elects certain alternative exemptions. Existing law also provides that a specified portion of equity in a homestead, as defined, is exempt from execution to satisfy a judgment debt, and sets forth the amounts of the homestead exemptions available under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to, every 3 years, adjust the amount of the exemptions described above based on the change in the annual California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 929"
citation: "California AB 929 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debtor exemptions: bankruptcy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7673eb6-ba08-4b77-b678-dd1c242724a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929"
source_hash: "0455d3f9c9fea00a99e8678934fa00f9e4d2c83c24711641a8eaf4f5f462fb0b"
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 929 (20112012) — Debtor exemptions: bankruptcy.

Existing law identifies property of a debtor that is exempt from all procedures for enforcement of a money judgment. Under existing law, those exemptions are available to a debtor in a federal bankruptcy case, whether a money judgment is being enforced by execution sale or other procedure, unless the debtor elects certain alternative exemptions. Existing law also provides that a specified portion of equity in a homestead, as defined, is exempt from execution to satisfy a judgment debt, and sets forth the amounts of the homestead exemptions available under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to, every 3 years, adjust the amount of the exemptions described above based on the change in the annual California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929&version=20110AB92999INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929&version=20110AB92998AMD)
3. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929&version=20110AB92996AMD)
4. **08/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929&version=20110AB92995AMD)
5. **08/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929&version=20110AB92997AMD)
6. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929&version=20110AB92993CHP)
7. **AB929** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929)
8. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929&version=20110AB92994ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB929 Wieckowski By Evans — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB929 Wieckowski By Evans — **16–16** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB929 Wieckowski By Evans Reconsider — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 929 WIECKOWSKI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 929 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — **54–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 1474.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 16. Noes 16. Page 2366.). `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Evans.
- **2011-09-07** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2366.)
- **2011-09-08** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Evans.
- **2012-04-09** From inactive file.
- **2012-04-09** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 4909.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 6529.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:35 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 678, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7673eb6-ba08-4b77-b678-dd1c242724a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).