republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-791.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collateral recovery: repossessors."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Collateral Recovery Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of repossession agencies by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services under the supervision and control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant for an initial registration or a reregistration to submit an application to the bureau and include certain personal information in the application that is confidential and is prohibited from being disclosed to the public, except for the registrant's full name, the licensee's name and address, and the registration number. A violation of the act is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 791"
citation: "California AB 791 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Collateral recovery: repossessors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dca80456-2273-4992-b2a9-648e1a5019fd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791"
source_hash: "037d51f69df3587415b3a74b3ecb006f7ec18915d5c52d19771dc401e4f56840"
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 791 (20132014) — Collateral recovery: repossessors.

(1) Existing law, the Collateral Recovery Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of repossession agencies by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services under the supervision and control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant for an initial registration or a reregistration to submit an application to the bureau and include certain personal information in the application that is confidential and is prohibited from being disclosed to the public, except for the registrant's full name, the licensee's name and address, and the registration number. A violation of the act is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791&version=20130AB79199INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791&version=20130AB79198AMD)
3. **04/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791&version=20130AB79197AMD)
4. **05/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791&version=20130AB79196AMD)
5. **06/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791&version=20130AB79195AMD)
6. **08/13/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791&version=20130AB79194AMD)
7. **09/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791&version=20130AB79192CHP)
8. **AB791** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791)
9. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB791&version=20130AB79193ENR)

## Votes

- AB 791 HAGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB791 Hagman By Lieu — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 791 HAGMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hagman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1761.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-08-13** 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`
- **2013-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1985.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2780.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 340, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dca80456-2273-4992-b2a9-648e1a5019fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).