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type: "Bill"
title: "Judgment liens: continuation."
description: "Existing law provides that a judgment lien on specified personal property is created by filing a notice of judgment lien in the office of the Secretary of State. Existing law also provides that, unless the money judgment is satisfied or the judgment lien is terminated or released, the judgment lien continues for 5 years from the date of filing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 121"
citation: "California AB 121 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judgment liens: continuation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-01-15"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2e9df6-b0b4-413e-aa46-757cfcb970e9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB121"
source_hash: "1afb0822a3d523d6a803d1d7bf7d6834ee7355887936a08b8286260cb6099c5f"
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 121 (20092010) — Judgment liens: continuation.
Existing law provides that a judgment lien on specified personal property is created by filing a notice of judgment lien in the office of the Secretary of State. Existing law also provides that, unless the money judgment is satisfied or the judgment lien is terminated or released, the judgment lien continues for 5 years from the date of filing.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/15/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB121&version=20090AB12199INT)
2. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB121&version=20090AB12197CHP)
3. **AB121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB121)
4. **08/27/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB121&version=20090AB12198ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB121 Hernandez By Harman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 121 HERNANDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hernandez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2009-02-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 976.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 16). `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`
- **2009-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1916.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:15 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 410, Statutes of 2009.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b2e9df6-b0b4-413e-aa46-757cfcb970e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).