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type: "Bill"
title: "Enforcement of money judgments: execution: homestead."
description: "Existing law authorizes a judgment creditor to enforce a money judgment obtained in a civil action by obtaining a writ of execution that allows the creditor to levy on property of the judgment debtor and obtain satisfaction of the judgment by, among other things, a sale of the property. Existing law generally provides that all property of the judgment debtor is subject to execution, with specified exceptions. Existing law authorizes a judgment debtor to protect a specified amount of the judgment debtor's equity in the debtor's principal dwelling by claiming a homestead exemption in that property. Existing law requires a judgment creditor who has levied on a judgment debtor's dwelling to apply to the court for a sale of the dwelling, and specifies the contents of that application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2463"
citation: "California AB 2463 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Enforcement of money judgments: execution: homestead."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-19"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c1cc955-f305-4707-8dd7-39354769d3e8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463"
source_hash: "573185a97e57185d040af6667c7a75ad9677e4d7477c002f31f65423142e810e"
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 2463 (20192020) — Enforcement of money judgments: execution: homestead.
Existing law authorizes a judgment creditor to enforce a money judgment obtained in a civil action by obtaining a writ of execution that allows the creditor to levy on property of the judgment debtor and obtain satisfaction of the judgment by, among other things, a sale of the property. Existing law generally provides that all property of the judgment debtor is subject to execution, with specified exceptions. Existing law authorizes a judgment debtor to protect a specified amount of the judgment debtor's equity in the debtor's principal dwelling by claiming a homestead exemption in that property. Existing law requires a judgment creditor who has levied on a judgment debtor's dwelling to apply to the court for a sale of the dwelling, and specifies the contents of that application.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463&version=20190AB246399INT)
2. **03/02/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463&version=20190AB246398AMD)
3. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463&version=20190AB246397AMD)
4. **07/28/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463&version=20190AB246396AMD)
5. **08/05/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463&version=20190AB246395AMD)
6. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463&version=20190AB246393CHP)
7. **AB2463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463)
8. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2463&version=20190AB246394ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 2463 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — **680** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2463 Wicks By Monning — **350** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 2463 Wicks Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — **680** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Wicks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2020-03-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-03-04** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4819.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4399.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5348.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 218, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c1cc955-f305-4707-8dd7-39354769d3e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).