republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2837.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Civil actions: enforcement of money judgments.	Existing law defines what types of property are subject to and exempt from the enforcement of money judgments, as specified, including certain retirement plans. Existing law also requires judgment creditors seeking to enforce money judgments to provide notice to judgment debtors, as specified. Existing law provides rules for claiming exemptions from the enforcement of money judgments and provides requirements for the adjudication of such exemptions. Existing law defines "personal debt" for the purposes of renewing the period of enforceability of a judgment to mean money due or owing or alleged to be due or owing from a natural person arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, insurance, or services which are the subject of the transaction are primarily for the debtor's personal, family, or household purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2837	California AB 2837 (20232024)	bill	Civil actions enforcement of money judgments	enacted	Bauer-Kahan	9	24	5	2024-02-15	2024-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a0b16e7a-4051-46f2-b6cc-de0d1ef1edfd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2837	33c061d5924a7318ce51766bb47b112178180b7efab56e290d8054d7d4818cd2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2837 (20232024) — Civil actions: enforcement of money judgments.

Existing law defines what types of property are subject to and exempt from the enforcement of money judgments, as specified, including certain retirement plans. Existing law also requires judgment creditors seeking to enforce money judgments to provide notice to judgment debtors, as specified. Existing law provides rules for claiming exemptions from the enforcement of money judgments and provides requirements for the adjudication of such exemptions. Existing law defines "personal debt" for the purposes of renewing the period of enforceability of a judgment to mean money due or owing or alleged to be due or owing from a natural person arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, insurance, or services which are the subject of the transaction are primarily for the debtor's personal, family, or household purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/02/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/24/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2837 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2837 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — 55–13 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2837 Bauer-Kahan By Limón — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2837 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 9–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2024-03-21 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-04-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 13. Page 5306.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-07-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 15.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 514, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0b16e7a-4051-46f2-b6cc-de0d1ef1edfd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).