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Bill	Enforcement of judgments: exemptions: homesteads.	Existing law provides that a specified portion of equity in a homestead, as defined, is exempt from execution to satisfy a judgment debt. Existing law provides a base exemption of $50,000, an exemption of $75,000 if the judgment debtor or his or her spouse who resides in the homestead is, at the time of the sale, a member of a family unit, and one member of the family unit is without an interest, or with only a limited interest, as specified, in the homestead, and an exemption of $150,000 if the judgment debtor or the spouse of the judgment debtor who resides in the homestead is, at the time of the sale, 65 years of age or older, disabled, or 55 years of age or older with a limited income, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1046	California AB 1046 (20092010)	bill	Enforcement of judgments: exemptions: homesteads.	enacted	Anderson	5	24	6	2009-02-27	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0b2edd7c-0d3e-4d8d-ad98-4f2808e1804a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1046	4c616cb0a1d27e478672db812c4e74c989639c72c32e655a226bdbc15a4f16a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1046 (20092010) — Enforcement of judgments: exemptions: homesteads.

Existing law provides that a specified portion of equity in a homestead, as defined, is exempt from execution to satisfy a judgment debt. Existing law provides a base exemption of $50,000, an exemption of $75,000 if the judgment debtor or his or her spouse who resides in the homestead is, at the time of the sale, a member of a family unit, and one member of the family unit is without an interest, or with only a limited interest, as specified, in the homestead, and an exemption of $150,000 if the judgment debtor or the spouse of the judgment debtor who resides in the homestead is, at the time of the sale, 65 years of age or older, disabled, or 55 years of age or older with a limited income, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/01/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1046 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/20/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1046 ANDERSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #13 AB1046 Anderson — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1046 ANDERSON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anderson — primary (person)
• Gilmore — author (person)
• Lieu — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-04-27 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1241.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-06-09 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-06-24 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-01 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-07-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-09 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-07-16 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1766.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-07-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-08-17 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2605.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-08-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-09-08 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
• 2009-09-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b2edd7c-0d3e-4d8d-ad98-4f2808e1804a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).