republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-235.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small dollar loans: finder duties and compensation."
description: "Existing law, the California Finance Lenders Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of finance lenders by the Commissioner of Business Oversight and makes a willful violation of its provisions a crime. Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2018, the Pilot Program for Increased Access to Responsible Small Dollar Loans for the purpose of allowing greater access for responsible installment loans in principal amounts of at least $300 and less than $2,500 administered by the commissioner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "California SB 235 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Small dollar loans: finder duties and compensation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2015-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10b63ca7-897e-4b5c-8ff0-8810c32acf23"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235"
source_hash: "5dfee670b2abb53370896bd93108d757dbcdebcc7adbed5da981783198a930bd"
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 SB 235 (20152016) — Small dollar loans: finder duties and compensation.

Existing law, the California Finance Lenders Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of finance lenders by the Commissioner of Business Oversight and makes a willful violation of its provisions a crime. Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2018, the Pilot Program for Increased Access to Responsible Small Dollar Loans for the purpose of allowing greater access for responsible installment loans in principal amounts of at least $300 and less than $2,500 administered by the commissioner.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235&version=20150SB23599INT)
2. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235&version=20150SB23598AMD)
3. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235&version=20150SB23597AMD)
4. **07/15/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235&version=20150SB23596AMD)
5. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235&version=20150SB23595AMD)
6. **10/05/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235&version=20150SB23593CHP)
7. **SB235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235)
8. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB235&version=20150SB23594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 235 Block Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2015-02-26** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-10** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 617.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-21** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 818.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1063.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-22** June 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-08** (Corrected July 16).
- **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2636.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2376.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 505, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10b63ca7-897e-4b5c-8ff0-8810c32acf23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).