---
type: "Bill"
title: "Debt collection."
description: "The Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regulates the practice of debt collection and the conduct of debt collectors, as defined. The act prohibits specified conduct by a debt collector in connection with the collection or attempted collection of a consumer debt. The act provides for enforcement by means of civil penalties and damages, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1526"
citation: "California AB 1526 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debt collection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87bd974b-ece1-4948-b933-ce3f73152c78"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526"
source_hash: "ec2f484455e88b8e51d81bc8b9c7d0fa750fff5efaa2cd7ea691a8786437efd8"
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 1526 (20172018) — Debt collection.

The Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regulates the practice of debt collection and the conduct of debt collectors, as defined. The act prohibits specified conduct by a debt collector in connection with the collection or attempted collection of a consumer debt. The act provides for enforcement by means of civil penalties and damages, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526&version=20170AB152699INT)
2. **01/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526&version=20170AB152696AMD)
3. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526&version=20170AB152698AMD)
4. **04/25/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526&version=20170AB152697AMD)
5. **06/27/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526&version=20170AB152695AMD)
6. **09/05/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526&version=20170AB152693CHP)
7. **AB1526** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526)
8. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526&version=20170AB152694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1526 KALRA Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1526 KALRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB1526 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kalra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3715.)
- **2018-01-08** (pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)
- **2018-01-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3867.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5277.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6365.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87bd974b-ece1-4948-b933-ce3f73152c78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).