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type: "Bill"
title: "Debt collection: homeless veterans."
description: "Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt guidelines for a comprehensive program concerning the collection of moneys owed for fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties, and assessments imposed by court order. Existing law prohibits a court from garnishing wages or levying a bank account for the enforcement and collection of fees, fines, forfeitures, or penalties imposed by a court against a person under 25 years of age who has been issued a citation for truancy, loitering, curfew violations, or illegal lodging that is outstanding or unpaid if the court obtains information that the person is homeless or has no permanent address, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 508"
citation: "California AB 508 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debt collection: homeless veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ian Calderon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5acae995-31f5-4071-bbca-3a5162a1ca97"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB508"
source_hash: "d46e4ab5b3dbd2908d665daf9131f7046d7de845f1495bf905cf25e3c50810d5"
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 508 (20132014) — Debt collection: homeless veterans.
Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adopt guidelines for a comprehensive program concerning the collection of moneys owed for fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties, and assessments imposed by court order. Existing law prohibits a court from garnishing wages or levying a bank account for the enforcement and collection of fees, fines, forfeitures, or penalties imposed by a court against a person under 25 years of age who has been issued a citation for truancy, loitering, curfew violations, or illegal lodging that is outstanding or unpaid if the court obtains information that the person is homeless or has no permanent address, as defined.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB508&version=20130AB50899INT)
2. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB508&version=20130AB50898AMD)
3. **06/17/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB508&version=20130AB50897AMD)
4. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB508&version=20130AB50895CHP)
5. **AB508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB508)
6. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB508&version=20130AB50896ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 508 CALDERON Assembly Third Reading — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB508 Ian Calderon By Hueso — **370** (pass) · upper
- AB 508 CALDERON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **750** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ian Calderon — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1041.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-05-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1860.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2579.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5acae995-31f5-4071-bbca-3a5162a1ca97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).