Existing law, the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, regulates the collection of a consumer debt, as defined, by a debt collector. Existing law defines "debt collector" to mean a person who, in the ordinary course of business engages in debt collection, including any person who composes and sells, or offers to compose and sell, forms, letters, and other collection media used or intended to be used for debt collection.
Existing law, the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, regulates the collection of a consumer debt, as defined, by a debt collector. Existing law defines "debt collector" to mean a person who, in the ordinary course of business engages in debt collection, including any person who composes and sells, or offers to compose and sell, forms, letters, and other collection media used or intended to be used for debt collection.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-02-25 Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-03-04 Set for hearing April 7.
2021-03-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 702.) (April 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-09 Set for hearing April 27.
2021-04-19 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
2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 936.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-05-04 Set for hearing May 10.
2021-05-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1087.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-20 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-09 June 14 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-06-25 June 28 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-29 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
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 2570.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2280.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2021-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 455, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41fed431-ff0b-4d43-a4d5-c3c59daad1b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).