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type: "Bill"
title: "Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions."
description: "Under existing law, certain property is exempted from enforcement of money judgments. Existing law permits the spouse of a judgment debtor to claim an exemption in the case of community property, whether or not the spouse is also a judgment debtor under the judgment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1945"
citation: "California AB 1945 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/666e93f6-9730-4343-9107-b6b519afd190"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1945"
source_hash: "11ceead0ef94c1e6c33db177faf784ddbb7cf4a9f99212e4c405bd12805cc1aa"
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 1945 (20132014) — Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions.
Under existing law, certain property is exempted from enforcement of money judgments. Existing law permits the spouse of a judgment debtor to claim an exemption in the case of community property, whether or not the spouse is also a judgment debtor under the judgment.
## 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=201320140AB1945&version=20130AB194599INT)
2. **03/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1945&version=20130AB194598AMD)
3. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1945&version=20130AB194596CHP)
4. **AB1945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1945)
5. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1945&version=20130AB194597ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **61** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1945 Wieckowski By Corbett — **340** (pass) · upper
- AB 1945 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — **720** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Wieckowski — 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.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4596.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4975.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-29** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 415, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/666e93f6-9730-4343-9107-b6b519afd190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).