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Bill	Debtor exemptions: bankruptcy.	Existing law identifies property of a debtor that is exempt from all procedures for enforcement of a money judgment. Under existing law, those exemptions are available to a debtor in a federal bankruptcy case, whether a money judgment is being enforced by execution sale or other procedure, unless the debtor elects certain alternative exemptions. Existing law also provides that a specified portion of equity in a homestead, as defined, is exempt from execution to satisfy a judgment debt, and sets forth the amounts of the homestead exemptions available under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to, every 3 years, adjust the amount of the exemptions described above based on the change in the annual California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 929	California AB 929 (20112012)	bill	Debtor exemptions: bankruptcy.	enacted	Wieckowski	8	34	10	2011-02-18	2012-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d7673eb6-ba08-4b77-b678-dd1c242724a3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB929	0455d3f9c9fea00a99e8678934fa00f9e4d2c83c24711641a8eaf4f5f462fb0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 929 (20112012) — Debtor exemptions: bankruptcy.

Existing law identifies property of a debtor that is exempt from all procedures for enforcement of a money judgment. Under existing law, those exemptions are available to a debtor in a federal bankruptcy case, whether a money judgment is being enforced by execution sale or other procedure, unless the debtor elects certain alternative exemptions. Existing law also provides that a specified portion of equity in a homestead, as defined, is exempt from execution to satisfy a judgment debt, and sets forth the amounts of the homestead exemptions available under specified circumstances. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to, every 3 years, adjust the amount of the exemptions described above based on the change in the annual California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/09/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/23/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB929 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/10/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB929 Wieckowski By Evans — 24–14 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB929 Wieckowski By Evans — 16–16 (fail) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB929 Wieckowski By Evans Reconsider — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 929 WIECKOWSKI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 929 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — 54–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2011-03-31 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 1474.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-27 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-08-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-31 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-07 Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 16. Noes 16. Page 2366.). reading-3, failure, reading-1
• 2011-09-07 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Evans.
• 2011-09-07 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2366.)
• 2011-09-08 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Evans.
• 2012-04-09 From inactive file.
• 2012-04-09 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-04-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 4909.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
• 2012-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 6529.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:35 p.m.
• 2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 678, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7673eb6-ba08-4b77-b678-dd1c242724a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).