republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-539.md

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Bill	Marital: liability: spousal debts.	Marital: liability: spousal debts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 539	California AB 539 (20012002)	bill	Marital: liability: spousal debts.	enacted	Maddox	6	20	4	2001-02-21	2001-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8ab189f1-fd42-42ef-aaec-3625da3b44fc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB539	a0852f772b1f0d4557de0fe8fcedfb2d94cc20c7b405200d7f5c1e458ecf00f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 539 (20012002) — Marital: liability: spousal debts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/10/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/01 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB539 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/01 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 539 Maddox Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB539 Maddox By O'Connell — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Maddox — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2001-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 702, Statutes of 2001.
• 2001-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2001-09-19 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
• 2001-09-05 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2001-09-04 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2586.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-07-12 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2001-07-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2001-07-09 Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
• 2001-05-31 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2001-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2001-05-17 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 8. Page 1682.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-05-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2001-05-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2001-05-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 2). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1298.)
• 2001-04-30 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2001-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-03-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2001-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2001-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ab189f1-fd42-42ef-aaec-3625da3b44fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).