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Bill	Debt collection.	The Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regulates the practice of debt collection and the conduct of debt collectors, as defined. The act prohibits specified conduct by a debt collector in connection with the collection or attempted collection of a consumer debt. The act provides for enforcement by means of civil penalties and damages, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1526	California AB 1526 (20172018)	bill	Debt collection.	enacted	Kalra	8	29	6	2017-02-17	2018-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/87bd974b-ece1-4948-b933-ce3f73152c78	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1526	ec2f484455e88b8e51d81bc8b9c7d0fa750fff5efaa2cd7ea691a8786437efd8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1526 (20172018) — Debt collection.

The Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regulates the practice of debt collection and the conduct of debt collectors, as defined. The act prohibits specified conduct by a debt collector in connection with the collection or attempted collection of a consumer debt. The act provides for enforcement by means of civil penalties and damages, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/28/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/25/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/27/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1526 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/22/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1526 KALRA Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1526 KALRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar AB1526 — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2017-03-27 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
• 2017-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-01-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
• 2018-01-08 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 3715.)
• 2018-01-08 (pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)
• 2018-01-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-01-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-01-12 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-01-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-01-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3867.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-01-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5277.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6365.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 247, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87bd974b-ece1-4948-b933-ce3f73152c78. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).