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Bill	Recognition of tribal court orders: rights in retirement plans or deferred compensation.	Existing federal law recognizes the sovereignty of federally recognized Indian tribes and provides for financial, developmental, and operational support of tribal justice systems. Existing law, the Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act, governs the procedure by which the superior courts of the state recognize and enter tribal court money judgments of any federally recognized Indian tribe. Under the act, an applicant may apply for recognition and entry of a judgment based on a tribal court money judgment by filing an application, as specified. If granted, the act requires the court to enter a judgment that has the same terms and provisions as the tribal court money judgment and that has the same effect and is enforceable as a civil money judgment, order, or decree of a state court. The act does not apply to tribal court money judgment orders for which federal law requires that states grant full faith and credit recognition or for which state law otherwise provides for recognition.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 627	California AB 627 (20212022)	bill	Recognition of tribal court orders: rights in retirement plans or deferred compensation.	enacted	Waldron	4	17	5	2021-02-12	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/69493d8d-3978-461c-b8d3-fe250c44bae5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB627	cf4b60ac222ef380332154b9daa0494cc37c3e8d8ecf2ab179fbbded30e62c46	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 627 (20212022) — Recognition of tribal court orders: rights in retirement plans or deferred compensation.

Existing federal law recognizes the sovereignty of federally recognized Indian tribes and provides for financial, developmental, and operational support of tribal justice systems. Existing law, the Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act, governs the procedure by which the superior courts of the state recognize and enter tribal court money judgments of any federally recognized Indian tribe. Under the act, an applicant may apply for recognition and entry of a judgment based on a tribal court money judgment by filing an application, as specified. If granted, the act requires the court to enter a judgment that has the same terms and provisions as the tribal court money judgment and that has the same effect and is enforceable as a civil money judgment, order, or decree of a state court. The act does not apply to tribal court money judgment orders for which federal law requires that states grant full faith and credit recognition or for which state law otherwise provides for recognition.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/09/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB627 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar AB627 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 627 Waldron Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Waldron — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1153.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1633.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2021-06-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2021-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69493d8d-3978-461c-b8d3-fe250c44bae5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).