(1) Existing law provides that a judgment is enforceable upon entry, except as specified, and generally permits a judgment creditor to bring an action on a judgment, provided that it is brought within ten years. Existing law provides that the period of enforceability of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property may be extended by renewal of the judgment upon application by the judgment creditor filed with the court in which the judgment was entered. Existing law allows a judgment debtor to make a motion to vacate or modify the renewal within 30 days of service of a notice of renewal of the judgment.
California SB 1200 (20212022) — Enforcement of judgments: renewal and interest.
(1) Existing law provides that a judgment is enforceable upon entry, except as specified, and generally permits a judgment creditor to bring an action on a judgment, provided that it is brought within ten years. Existing law provides that the period of enforceability of a money judgment or a judgment for possession or sale of property may be extended by renewal of the judgment upon application by the judgment creditor filed with the court in which the judgment was entered. Existing law allows a judgment debtor to make a motion to vacate or modify the renewal within 30 days of service of a notice of renewal of the judgment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
SB 1200 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan Amendment Set #1 — 53–17 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 29–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 8–2 (pass) · lower
SB 1200 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 55–18 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB1200 Skinner Concurrence — 31–9 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Skinner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-17 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-18 From printer.
2022-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2022-03-17 Set for hearing April 5.
2022-04-04 April 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-04-06 Set for hearing April 19.
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3437.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2022-05-04 May 9 hearing postponed by committee.
2022-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2022-05-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2022-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3901.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2022-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-04 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-11 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 5817.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-11 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 5929.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-23 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5024.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 883, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f0c7764-e15e-427d-bf09-703f66b70548. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).