Existing law identifies various types of property of a judgment debtor that are exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment. Existing law provides that property described in statute as exempt may be claimed within the time and in the manner prescribed in the applicable enforcement procedure, and property described in statute as exempt without making a claim is not subject to any procedure for enforcement of a money judgment. These general exemptions are available to a debtor in a federal bankruptcy case, whether a money judgment is being enforced by execution sale or other procedure, unless the debtor elects certain alternative exemptions that are applicable only in the bankruptcy case.
California SB 898 (20192020) — Enforcement of judgments: exemptions.
Existing law identifies various types of property of a judgment debtor that are exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment. Existing law provides that property described in statute as exempt may be claimed within the time and in the manner prescribed in the applicable enforcement procedure, and property described in statute as exempt without making a claim is not subject to any procedure for enforcement of a money judgment. These general exemptions are available to a debtor in a federal bankruptcy case, whether a money judgment is being enforced by execution sale or other procedure, unless the debtor elects certain alternative exemptions that are applicable only in the bankruptcy case.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 898 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Bonta — 74–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 35–2 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB898 Wieckowski Concurrence — 29–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wieckowski — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2020-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
2020-02-12 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
2020-04-06 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
2020-05-12 Set for hearing May 22.
2020-05-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3582.) (May 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-06-02 Withdrawn from committee.
2020-06-02 Ordered to second reading.
2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 3676.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2020-06-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-07-09 July 22 hearing postponed by committee.
2020-07-27 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
2020-07-27 July 30 hearing postponed by committee.
2020-08-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5199.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2020-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 4350.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2020-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 81, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15493933-c7c6-4c4f-81e1-84499568ece0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).