Enforcement of money judgments: execution: homestead.
Existing law authorizes a judgment creditor to enforce a money judgment obtained in a civil action by obtaining a writ of execution that allows the creditor to levy on property of the judgment debtor and obtain satisfaction of the judgment by, among other things, a sale of the property. Existing law generally provides that all property of the judgment debtor is subject to execution, with specified exceptions. Existing law authorizes a judgment debtor to protect a specified amount of the judgment debtor's equity in the debtor's principal dwelling by claiming a homestead exemption in that property. Existing law requires a judgment creditor who has levied on a judgment debtor's dwelling to apply to the court for a sale of the dwelling, and specifies the contents of that application.
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California Legislature
20192020
AB 2463
California AB 2463 (20192020)
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Enforcement of money judgments: execution: homestead.
California AB 2463 (20192020) — Enforcement of money judgments: execution: homestead.
Existing law authorizes a judgment creditor to enforce a money judgment obtained in a civil action by obtaining a writ of execution that allows the creditor to levy on property of the judgment debtor and obtain satisfaction of the judgment by, among other things, a sale of the property. Existing law generally provides that all property of the judgment debtor is subject to execution, with specified exceptions. Existing law authorizes a judgment debtor to protect a specified amount of the judgment debtor's equity in the debtor's principal dwelling by claiming a homestead exemption in that property. Existing law requires a judgment creditor who has levied on a judgment debtor's dwelling to apply to the court for a sale of the dwelling, and specifies the contents of that application.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2463 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — 68–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wicks — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2020-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-03-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-03-04 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-03-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2020-05-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-05-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4819.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-07-01 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-07-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2020-08-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2020-08-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4399.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2020-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5348.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2020-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 218, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c1cc955-f305-4707-8dd7-39354769d3e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).