republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2521.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reservists: active duty: deferment of financial obligations."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2521"
citation: "California AB 2521 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Reservists: active duty: deferment of financial obligations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b882fe0-ef8e-4e3a-ab8c-1f75d58e3ae8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2521"
source_hash: "03a0bd08bcc0863351436ec7a234c9271227aa275915f81cca69a55b36ca6db2"
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 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.

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2521&version=20170AB252199INT)
2. **03/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2521&version=20170AB252198AMD)
3. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2521&version=20170AB252196CHP)
4. **AB2521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2521)
5. **06/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2521&version=20170AB252197ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b882fe0-ef8e-4e3a-ab8c-1f75d58e3ae8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).