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Bill	Collateral recovery.	(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. The chief of the bureau serves under the direction and supervision of the director. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 281	California AB 281 (20152016)	bill	Collateral recovery.	enacted	Gallagher	9	26	7	2015-02-11	2015-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f262818f-7b8c-4f0e-8dce-cf3633b9d63d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB281	3075fe7406870beaf218c1a2156edfcc19347f4651eae6c9c1ef8ce93d41e6d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 281 (20152016) — Collateral recovery.

(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. The chief of the bureau serves under the direction and supervision of the director. Existing law makes a violation of the act a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/11/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/08/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB281 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 281 GALLAGHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB281 Gallagher By Bates — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 281 GALLAGHER Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gallagher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2015-02-23 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-22 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1447.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2015-06-08 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2716.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3156.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 740, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f262818f-7b8c-4f0e-8dce-cf3633b9d63d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).