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type: "Bill"
title: "Debt: coerced debts."
description: "Existing law regulates various practices related to debt, including its sale and collection. Existing law provides for various private rights of action, including for a patient against a psychotherapist for sexual contact, as defined and specified, a peace officer against an individual who has filed a false complaint with the officer's employing agency, as specified, and a person against another for sexual harassment, as defined and specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 975"
citation: "California SB 975 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debt: coerced debts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Min"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f68c2893-a63e-48e3-94cd-a3b17a2aca8f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975"
source_hash: "2b379323f9342d5161bd27b20b9c908dd1f20ff1ed8c0769bb5563386c3e61e8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 975 (20212022) — Debt: coerced debts.
Existing law regulates various practices related to debt, including its sale and collection. Existing law provides for various private rights of action, including for a patient against a psychotherapist for sexual contact, as defined and specified, a peace officer against an individual who has filed a false complaint with the officer's employing agency, as specified, and a person against another for sexual harassment, as defined and specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97599INT)
2. **04/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97598AMD)
3. **05/02/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97597AMD)
4. **05/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97596AMD)
5. **06/16/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97595AMD)
6. **06/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97594AMD)
7. **06/30/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97593AMD)
8. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97592AMD)
9. **08/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97591AMD)
10. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97589CHP)
11. **SB975** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975)
12. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB975&version=20210SB97590ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **92** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **268** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB975 Min Concurrence — **318** (pass) · upper
- SB 975 Min Senate Third Reading By Stone — **5915** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **91** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **123** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Min — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-11** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2022-04-14** April 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2022-04-18** 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`
- **2022-04-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3513.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2022-05-16** May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-17** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3777.) (May 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 3884.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** 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`
- **2022-06-17** June 21 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-23** 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5326.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 989, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f68c2893-a63e-48e3-94cd-a3b17a2aca8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).