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Bill	Enforcement of judgments.	Existing law permits a judgment creditor to apply to the court for an order requiring the judgment debtor, or another person who is in possession and control of property of the judgment debtor, to appear before the court to provide information to aid in the enforcement of a money judgment, as specified. Existing law requires the judgment creditor to personally serve a copy of that order on the judgment debtor not less than 10 days before the date set for the examination. Existing law permits the court to issue a warrant for the arrest of, a warrant to compel the attendance of, and may hold in contempt, a judgment debtor who fails to appear in response to such an order.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1119	California AB 1119 (20232024)	bill	Enforcement of judgments	enacted	Wicks	7	27	7	2023-02-15	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/5320660d-e3bf-442d-9b88-a4e134223d91	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1119	239de4086c3456ad0b0e2d7b55a7072b15f49848c39b9a9a277796ec2d52cd5a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1119 (20232024) — Enforcement of judgments.

Existing law permits a judgment creditor to apply to the court for an order requiring the judgment debtor, or another person who is in possession and control of property of the judgment debtor, to appear before the court to provide information to aid in the enforcement of a money judgment, as specified. Existing law requires the judgment creditor to personally serve a copy of that order on the judgment debtor not less than 10 days before the date set for the examination. Existing law permits the court to issue a warrant for the arrest of, a warrant to compel the attendance of, and may hold in contempt, a judgment debtor who fails to appear in response to such an order.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/30/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1119 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1119 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 53–18 (pass) · lower
• AB 1119 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 1119 Wicks Assembly Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — 57–18 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1119 Wicks By Becker — 30–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wicks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-03-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 1934.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 2120.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-02 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2587.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3312.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5320660d-e3bf-442d-9b88-a4e134223d91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).