republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1858.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial law: secured transactions."
description: "The Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions governs security interests in collateral, including personal property and fixtures, as well as certain sales of accounts, contract rights, and chattel paper. That code, among other things, specifies requirements and procedures regarding perfecting a security interest, including the filing of a financing statement with the Secretary of State. Existing law specifies that a financing statement sufficiently provides the name of a debtor, where the debtor is an individual, if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1858"
citation: "California AB 1858 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial law: secured transactions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perea"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/947204dc-55e6-491e-984c-4d3b337ab985"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858"
source_hash: "1ec02f8da63f3139cf200f092cceaf3b60800a07ba928cda221a2019a9b33a1a"
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 1858 (20132014) — Commercial law: secured transactions.

The Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions governs security interests in collateral, including personal property and fixtures, as well as certain sales of accounts, contract rights, and chattel paper. That code, among other things, specifies requirements and procedures regarding perfecting a security interest, including the filing of a financing statement with the Secretary of State. Existing law specifies that a financing statement sufficiently provides the name of a debtor, where the debtor is an individual, if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858&version=20130AB185899INT)
2. **05/13/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858&version=20130AB185898AMD)
3. **05/19/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858&version=20130AB185897AMD)
4. **06/15/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858&version=20130AB185896AMD)
5. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858&version=20130AB185895AMD)
6. **08/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858&version=20130AB185893CHP)
7. **AB1858** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858)
8. **08/13/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1858&version=20130AB185894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1858 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1858 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1858 Perea By Cannella — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Perea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-05-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5004.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5098.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4365.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5948.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 284, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/947204dc-55e6-491e-984c-4d3b337ab985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).