---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil actions: satisfaction of money judgments."
description: "Existing law requires money received in satisfaction of a money judgment to be credited against costs, interest, court fees, and the principal amount of the judgment in a specified order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1361"
citation: "California AB 1361 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil actions: satisfaction of money judgments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Obernolte"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dbaa826-641c-48ba-a6a7-1a4056ee8b59"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1361"
source_hash: "cac18c9796f68af9d3e5a9001144d40f83c889a5d31dcb3ec48c5b50b3562c97"
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 1361 (20192020) — Civil actions: satisfaction of money judgments.

Existing law requires money received in satisfaction of a money judgment to be credited against costs, interest, court fees, and the principal amount of the judgment in a specified order.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1361&version=20190AB136199INT)
2. **05/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1361&version=20190AB136198AMD)
3. **07/01/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1361&version=20190AB136196CHP)
4. **AB1361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1361)
5. **06/21/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1361&version=20190AB136197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1361 Obernolte Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1361 Obernolte Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1361 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Obernolte — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1260.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1606.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-06-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2365.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2019-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 48, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dbaa826-641c-48ba-a6a7-1a4056ee8b59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).