republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1636.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Finance Lenders Law: California Deferred Deposit Transaction Law."
description: "(1) Existing law, the California Finance Lenders Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of finance lenders and brokers by the Commissioner of Business Oversight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1636"
citation: "California AB 1636 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Finance Lenders Law: California Deferred Deposit Transaction Law."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a26e524c-7d29-4eed-a71c-20075e71fe67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1636"
source_hash: "831ca39c418e5e2714437f2c63ff49a2d9fe2574662e48747fb4b1e1cb5aa7eb"
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 AB 1636 (20172018) — California Finance Lenders Law: California Deferred Deposit Transaction Law.

(1) Existing law, the California Finance Lenders Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of finance lenders and brokers by the Commissioner of Business Oversight.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1636&version=20170AB163699INT)
2. **06/21/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1636&version=20170AB163698AMD)
3. **07/19/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1636&version=20170AB163697AMD)
4. **09/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1636&version=20170AB163695CHP)
5. **AB1636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1636)
6. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1636&version=20170AB163696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1636 AGUIAR-CURRY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **66–7** (pass) · lower
- AB 1636 AGUIAR-CURRY Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1636 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Jackson — **31–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
- Dababneh — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-28** Re-referred to Com. on I., B. & F.I. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2476.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 3025.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a26e524c-7d29-4eed-a71c-20075e71fe67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).