---
type: "Bill"
title: "Debt collection: identity theft."
description: "Existing law requires a debt collector to cease collection activities until completion of a specified review if it receives a copy of a police report filed by the debtor alleging that the debtor is the victim of an identity theft crime and it receives a written statement from the debtor that the debtor claims to be the victim of identity theft, with respect to the specific debt being collected by the debt collector."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 430"
citation: "California AB 430 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debt collection: identity theft."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grayson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/415f1043-fc53-42f3-bc01-d0b0e772dc0e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430"
source_hash: "6015be950877ff7fcbbf17a49485194a7e430321f99b241c9296bacd6fca9203"
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 430 (20212022) — Debt collection: identity theft.

Existing law requires a debt collector to cease collection activities until completion of a specified review if it receives a copy of a police report filed by the debtor alleging that the debtor is the victim of an identity theft crime and it receives a written statement from the debtor that the debtor claims to be the victim of identity theft, with respect to the specific debt being collected by the debt collector.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430&version=20210AB43099INT)
2. **03/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430&version=20210AB43098AMD)
3. **04/06/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430&version=20210AB43097AMD)
4. **04/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430&version=20210AB43096AMD)
5. **06/24/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430&version=20210AB43095AMD)
6. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430&version=20210AB43093CHP)
7. **AB430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430)
8. **09/09/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB430&version=20210AB43094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 430 Grayson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB430 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 430 Grayson Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grayson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 924.)
- **2021-04-08** (pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)
- **2021-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1250.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I., JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2389.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2842.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/415f1043-fc53-42f3-bc01-d0b0e772dc0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).