--- type: "Bill" title: "Armed service members: consumer loans." description: "(1) Existing federal law, the Military Lending Act, prohibits a creditor who extends consumer credit to a covered member of the Armed Forces or a dependent of such a member from requiring that member or dependent to pay interest with respect to the extension of such credit, unless an exception to that rule applies. The federal act also requires a creditor to satisfy other terms and conditions before extending consumer credit to a covered member, and to comply with mandatory disclosure requirements, as specified. Any person who violates the federal act is subject to both criminal and civil penalties." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 266" citation: "California SB 266 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Armed service members: consumer loans."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"] version_count: 6 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2017-02-08" last_action: "2017-10-05" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b054490-1caf-4eff-848a-0f90365d4baf" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB266" source_hash: "e4b343603ed6adccf3a02419f62ea8a44e7f703a8c7e84341e5da7be10f72646" 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 266 (20172018) — Armed service members: consumer loans. (1) Existing federal law, the Military Lending Act, prohibits a creditor who extends consumer credit to a covered member of the Armed Forces or a dependent of such a member from requiring that member or dependent to pay interest with respect to the extension of such credit, unless an exception to that rule applies. The federal act also requires a creditor to satisfy other terms and conditions before extending consumer credit to a covered member, and to comply with mandatory disclosure requirements, as specified. Any person who violates the federal act is subject to both criminal and civil penalties. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/08/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB266&version=20170SB26699INT) 2. **07/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB266&version=20170SB26698AMD) 3. **09/07/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB266&version=20170SB26697AMD) 4. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB266&version=20170SB26695CHP) 5. **SB266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB266) 6. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB266&version=20170SB26696ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB266 Dodd Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 266 Dodd Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Dodd — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-09** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11. - **2017-02-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `referral-committee` - **2017-02-17** Set for hearing April 5. - **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 619.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 17. - **2017-04-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2017-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 766.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-31** June 5 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-06-15** June 19 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-06-26** June 26 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-07-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-08-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-08-28** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon. - **2017-08-28** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-07** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3403.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2994.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 514, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b054490-1caf-4eff-848a-0f90365d4baf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).