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Bill	Debt collectors: licensing and regulation: Debt Collection Licensing Act.	(1) Existing law, the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, prohibits debt collectors from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the collection of consumer debts and defines "consumer debt" and "consumer credit" for purposes of that act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 908	California SB 908 (20192020)	bill	Debt collectors: licensing and regulation: Debt Collection Licensing Act.	enacted	Wieckowski	10	35	10	2020-02-03	2020-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/3a7c6395-29e4-4912-b82d-81c3b5ee807a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB908	003b7263a5efd8ccde2aebdf199062e5ab7ad22a2628933e571ca910ed2795d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 908 (20192020) — Debt collectors: licensing and regulation: Debt Collection Licensing Act.

(1) Existing law, the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, prohibits debt collectors from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the collection of consumer debts and defines "consumer debt" and "consumer credit" for purposes of that act.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/03/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/26/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/10/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/13/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/24/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/25/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB908 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/04/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• SB 908 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Limón — 53–19 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 29–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–5 (pass) · lower
• [06-18-2020] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB908 Wieckowski Concurrence — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wieckowski — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-02-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-02-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2020-02-26 Set for hearing April 1.
• 2020-03-18 April 1 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-04-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-05-07 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2020-05-12 Referral to Com. on JUD. rescinded due to the shortened 2020 Legislative Calendar.
• 2020-05-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3559.) (May 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-05-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-03 Set for hearing June 9.
• 2020-06-09 June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2020-06-11 Set for hearing June 18.
• 2020-06-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3766.) (June 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-06-18 June 18 hearing: Reconsideration granted.
• 2020-06-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3767.) (June 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-06-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 3863.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2020-06-29 Referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
• 2020-07-27 July 27 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-08-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-08-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-18 August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (August 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2020-08-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 19. Page 5411.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2020-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 4.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2020-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a7c6395-29e4-4912-b82d-81c3b5ee807a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).