---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act."
description: "The Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, based in part on the model Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, generally establishes the conditions under which a transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor, and sets forth the remedies of a creditor with respect to a fraudulent transfer or obligation, including, but not limited to, voiding the transfer. The act defines terms for its purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "California SB 161 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vidak"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf5b2a6c-2a6d-42f8-808f-e59a0204f985"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB161"
source_hash: "3d89e6a415811599c3bc191d41b6f205665fa4f176ab8c6e355c6d64bc1f259b"
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 SB 161 (20152016) — Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.

The Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, based in part on the model Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, generally establishes the conditions under which a transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor, and sets forth the remedies of a creditor with respect to a fraudulent transfer or obligation, including, but not limited to, voiding the transfer. The act defines terms for its purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB161&version=20150SB16199INT)
2. **04/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB161&version=20150SB16198AMD)
3. **07/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB161&version=20150SB16196CHP)
4. **SB161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB161)
5. **06/23/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB161&version=20150SB16197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 161 Vidak Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vidak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2015-02-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Set for hearing April 14.
- **2015-04-14** April 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 727.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 842.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2090.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2015-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 44, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf5b2a6c-2a6d-42f8-808f-e59a0204f985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).