---
type: "Bill"
title: "Money judgments of other jurisdictions."
description: "Existing law establishes procedures for California courts to recognize money judgments of courts from other states, foreign countries, and tribal courts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 905"
citation: "California AB 905 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Money judgments of other jurisdictions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45d3a86e-0c1b-4fb3-b06c-a9f252413665"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB905"
source_hash: "ff8c0f2500c3fd6cdcfd187be9e8597aa758ce77c8a88ec556e8de2abd0b80da"
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 905 (20172018) — Money judgments of other jurisdictions.

Existing law establishes procedures for California courts to recognize money judgments of courts from other states, foreign countries, and tribal courts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB905&version=20170AB90599INT)
2. **03/13/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB905&version=20170AB90598AMD)
3. **08/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB905&version=20170AB90596CHP)
4. **AB905** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB905)
5. **07/21/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB905&version=20170AB90597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB905 Maienschein By Stern — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 905 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** 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`
- **2017-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1145.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2126.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2017-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 168, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45d3a86e-0c1b-4fb3-b06c-a9f252413665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).