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Bill	Debt buying: default judgment.	(1) Existing law, the Fair Debt Buying Practices Act, regulates the practice of buying charged-off consumer debt, as defined, sold or resold on or after January 1, 2014, for collection purposes and prescribes the circumstances pursuant to which the debt buyer may bring suit. The act prohibits a court from entering a default or other judgment in an action initiated by a debt buyer against a debtor unless business records, authenticated through a sworn declaration, are submitted by the debt buyer to the court to establish the facts required to be alleged, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 641	California SB 641 (20152016)	bill	Debt buying: default judgment.	enacted	Wieckowski	7	26	7	2015-02-27	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/994ae836-411e-4446-aa70-2b89a7e03527	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB641	510252ea061f367c0d50355d15f38b4b7708799a73329e45472a6ebb701f7492	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 641 (20152016) — Debt buying: default judgment.

(1) Existing law, the Fair Debt Buying Practices Act, regulates the practice of buying charged-off consumer debt, as defined, sold or resold on or after January 1, 2014, for collection purposes and prescribes the circumstances pursuant to which the debt buyer may bring suit. The act prohibits a court from entering a default or other judgment in an action initiated by a debt buyer against a debtor unless business records, authenticated through a sworn declaration, are submitted by the debt buyer to the court to establish the facts required to be alleged, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/08/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/16/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB641 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB641 Wieckowski Concurrence — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 641 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By STONE — 45–26 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 29–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-10 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 728.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2015-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1062.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (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
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 26. Page 3029.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2676.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 804, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/994ae836-411e-4446-aa70-2b89a7e03527. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).