Reservists: active duty: deferment of financial obligations.
Existing law, the California Military Families Financial Relief Act, authorizes a reservist who is called to active duty to defer payments on mortgages, credit cards, retail installment accounts and contracts, real property taxes and assessments, vehicle leases, and obligations owed to utility companies, for the period of active duty plus 60 calendar days, or 180 days, whichever is the lesser, as specified. Existing law requires the reservist or his or her designee to deliver to the obligor (1) a copy of his or her activation or deployment order and any other information that substantiates the duration of the service member's military service, and (2) a letter signed by the reservist, under penalty of perjury, requesting a deferment of financial obligations, in order for the obligation or liability to be subject to the provisions of the act.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 2521
California AB 2521 (20172018)
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Reservists: active duty: deferment of financial obligations.
California AB 2521 (20172018) — Reservists: active duty: deferment of financial obligations.
Existing law, the California Military Families Financial Relief Act, authorizes a reservist who is called to active duty to defer payments on mortgages, credit cards, retail installment accounts and contracts, real property taxes and assessments, vehicle leases, and obligations owed to utility companies, for the period of active duty plus 60 calendar days, or 180 days, whichever is the lesser, as specified. Existing law requires the reservist or his or her designee to deliver to the obligor (1) a copy of his or her activation or deployment order and any other information that substantiates the duration of the service member's military service, and (2) a letter signed by the reservist, under penalty of perjury, requesting a deferment of financial obligations, in order for the obligation or liability to be subject to the provisions of the act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2521 QUIRK-SILVA Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB2521 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2018-03-22 Referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
2018-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-30 Withdrawn from committee.
2018-04-30 Ordered to second reading.
2018-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5037.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4878.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 79, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b882fe0-ef8e-4e3a-ab8c-1f75d58e3ae8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).