Existing law, the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, regulates the collection of consumer debts by debt collectors, as defined. The act defines "consumer debt" to mean money, property, or their equivalent, due or owing or alleged to be due or owing from a natural person by reason of a consumer credit transaction. The act further defines "consumer credit transaction" to mean a transaction between a natural person and another person in which property, services, or money is acquired on credit by that natural person from the other person primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. The act also defines "debt collector" to exclude an attorney or counselor at law.
Existing law, the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, regulates the collection of consumer debts by debt collectors, as defined. The act defines "consumer debt" to mean money, property, or their equivalent, due or owing or alleged to be due or owing from a natural person by reason of a consumer credit transaction. The act further defines "consumer credit transaction" to mean a transaction between a natural person and another person in which property, services, or money is acquired on credit by that natural person from the other person primarily for personal, family, or household purposes. The act also defines "debt collector" to exclude an attorney or counselor at law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
SB 187 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Mayes — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wieckowski — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
2019-02-06 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-22 Set for hearing April 9.
2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 653.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-22 Ordered to second reading.
2019-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 921.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
2019-06-05 June 10 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
2019-07-08 Ordered to third reading.
2019-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2907.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-30 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 545, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5ab68cd-c203-4f06-9470-6c81818494a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).