---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: nonpayment of wages: Labor Commissioner: judgment enforcement."
description: "(1) The Enforcement of Judgments Law provides for the enforcement of money judgments and other civil judgments. Under that law, a judgment creditor may levy upon the property of a judgment debtor to satisfy a judgment, and a levying officer holds the property until the final determination of any exemptions claimed by the judgment debtor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 588"
citation: "California SB 588 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: nonpayment of wages: Labor Commissioner: judgment enforcement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6f81de-8623-4334-9653-96bbf669f410"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588"
source_hash: "69a9ecb7e3a6d70f2b5c28ea287d55b1b47bd454682235eef5a443a60681ba0b"
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 588 (20152016) — Employment: nonpayment of wages: Labor Commissioner: judgment enforcement.

(1) The Enforcement of Judgments Law provides for the enforcement of money judgments and other civil judgments. Under that law, a judgment creditor may levy upon the property of a judgment debtor to satisfy a judgment, and a levying officer holds the property until the final determination of any exemptions claimed by the judgment debtor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588&version=20150SB58899INT)
2. **04/20/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588&version=20150SB58898AMD)
3. **04/30/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588&version=20150SB58897AMD)
4. **07/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588&version=20150SB58896AMD)
5. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588&version=20150SB58895AMD)
6. **09/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588&version=20150SB58894AMD)
7. **10/11/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588&version=20150SB58892CHP)
8. **SB588** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588)
9. **09/11/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB588&version=20150SB58893ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 588 De León Senate Third Reading — **58–18** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB588 De León Concurrence — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB588 De León — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Industrial Relations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Atkins — coauthor (person)
- Gray — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing April 29 in L. & I.R. pending receipt.
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 819.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 820.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-05** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1157.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 1206.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-08-31** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** (Corrected September 2).
- **2015-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Assembly Rule 69 suspended.
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 2964.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2709.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2015-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 803, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f6f81de-8623-4334-9653-96bbf669f410`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).