---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions."
description: "Under existing law, certain property is exempted from enforcement of money judgments, including benefits from a disability or health insurance policy or program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 688"
citation: "California AB 688 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/961b0b9d-e8ee-4375-bc07-171e5ef6ba32"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB688"
source_hash: "68f554a2223cedd44b54cd023a9d76aeb525245d04b020cd60ceb04d5ce21c39"
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 688 (20172018) — Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions.

Under existing law, certain property is exempted from enforcement of money judgments, including benefits from a disability or health insurance policy or program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB688&version=20170AB68899INT)
2. **03/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB688&version=20170AB68898AMD)
3. **05/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB688&version=20170AB68897AMD)
4. **09/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB688&version=20170AB68896AMD)
5. **10/06/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB688&version=20170AB68894CHP)
6. **AB688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB688)
7. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB688&version=20170AB68895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 688 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB688 Calderon By Stern — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 688 CALDERON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1529.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** From Consent Calendar.
- **2017-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2998.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2017-09-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3535.)
- **2017-09-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3539.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/961b0b9d-e8ee-4375-bc07-171e5ef6ba32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).