(1) Existing law provides that the application by a service member for, or receipt by a service member of, a stay, postponement, or suspension in the payment of any tax, fine, penalty, insurance premium, or other civil obligation or liability of that person does not itself, without regard to other considerations, provide the basis for, among other things, a determination by any lender or other person that the service member is unable to pay any civil obligation or liability or the denial or revocation of credit by the creditor.
California AB 3212 (20172018) — Service member protections.
(1) Existing law provides that the application by a service member for, or receipt by a service member of, a stay, postponement, or suspension in the payment of any tax, fine, penalty, insurance premium, or other civil obligation or liability of that person does not itself, without regard to other considerations, provide the basis for, among other things, a determination by any lender or other person that the service member is unable to pay any civil obligation or liability or the denial or revocation of credit by the creditor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 3212 IRWIN Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB3212 Irwin et al. By Roth — 39–0 (pass) · upper
AB 3212 IRWIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Irwin — primary (person)
Chávez — coauthor (person)
Voepel — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2018-03-22 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and JUD. 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
2018-04-11 Coauthors revised.
2018-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5133.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-24 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-14 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
2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-13 From Consent Calendar.
2018-08-13 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5815.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6844.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2018-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 555, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57fbc012-060a-4e76-98c1-3b46d7d1425a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).