---
type: "Bill"
title: "Debt collectors."
description: "Debt collectors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 969"
citation: "California AB 969 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debt collectors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b12d316-5683-4d67-83a1-ee3dd44db3b8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB969"
source_hash: "0a9b8a55e664b669207921eb0d0f7c733d8a07a0b5690861b57c0dd9c0753b61"
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 969 (19992000) — Debt collectors.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB969&version=19990AB96999INT)
2. **04/29/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB969&version=19990AB96998AMD)
3. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB969&version=19990AB96997AMD)
4. **07/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB969&version=19990AB96996AMD)
5. **09/03/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB969&version=19990AB96994CHP)
6. **AB969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB969)
7. **08/23/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB969&version=19990AB96995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 969 PAPAN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB969 Papan Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 969 PAPAN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3352.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 6. Page 2510.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 16. Page 1962.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b12d316-5683-4d67-83a1-ee3dd44db3b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).