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Bill	Judiciary omnibus.	(1) Existing law, known as the Automobile Sales Finance Act, prohibits the seller or holder of a conditional sale contract for a motor vehicle from accelerating the maturity of any part or all of the amount due under the contract or repossessing the vehicle in the absence of default in the performance of any of the buyer's obligations under the contract. That act establishes a right in the buyer to reinstate a conditional sale contract for a motor vehicle after default, details various methods by which to cure the default, and in all cases requires reimbursing the seller or holder for all reasonable and necessary collection and repossession costs and fees incurred. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1578	California AB 1578 (20212022)	bill	Judiciary omnibus.	enacted	Committee on Judiciary	8	27	6	2021-03-08	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/6370bdfb-3d9e-4d81-8254-3124628c6e23	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1578	298dd044d50a61c2c0d771f7c14da9660e494e433af6dadf539fba61a0aaef1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1578 (20212022) — Judiciary omnibus.

(1) Existing law, known as the Automobile Sales Finance Act, prohibits the seller or holder of a conditional sale contract for a motor vehicle from accelerating the maturity of any part or all of the amount due under the contract or repossessing the vehicle in the absence of default in the performance of any of the buyer's obligations under the contract. That act establishes a right in the buyer to reinstate a conditional sale contract for a motor vehicle after default, details various methods by which to cure the default, and in all cases requires reimbursing the seller or holder for all reasonable and necessary collection and repossession costs and fees incurred. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 03/08/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1578 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1578 JUD. (Stone) By Umberg — 36–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1578 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By STONE — 66–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1578 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — 66–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-03-09 From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
• 2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-04-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 1. Page 1743.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-18 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2527.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 2981.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 401, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6370bdfb-3d9e-4d81-8254-3124628c6e23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).