republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1320.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Money transmission: customer service."
description: "Existing law establishes the Money Transmission Act to protect the interests of persons in this state who use money transmission services. The act prohibits a person from engaging in the business of money transmission in the state, as specified, unless the person is licensed or exempt from licensure. The act places various requirements on licensees, including requiring each licensee to give a customer a receipt containing specified information at the time of a money transmission transaction, and to post a notice on their premises informing individuals where complaints relating to money transmission activities at the location may be directed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1320"
citation: "California AB 1320 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Money transmission: customer service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d93bcccf-2d1d-4f54-be34-36ee99aff111"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320"
source_hash: "9a5d8940d0a4968717250ccd4555e5214a9cc3fe6bc6dacba08da57454247c66"
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 1320 (20212022) — Money transmission: customer service.

Existing law establishes the Money Transmission Act to protect the interests of persons in this state who use money transmission services. The act prohibits a person from engaging in the business of money transmission in the state, as specified, unless the person is licensed or exempt from licensure. The act places various requirements on licensees, including requiring each licensee to give a customer a receipt containing specified information at the time of a money transmission transaction, and to post a notice on their premises informing individuals where complaints relating to money transmission activities at the location may be directed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320&version=20210AB132099INT)
2. **03/11/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320&version=20210AB132098AMD)
3. **05/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320&version=20210AB132097AMD)
4. **06/10/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320&version=20210AB132096AMD)
5. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320&version=20210AB132095AMD)
6. **10/04/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320&version=20210AB132093CHP)
7. **AB1320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320)
8. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1320&version=20210AB132094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1320 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB1320 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1320 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1338.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-05** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2491.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2984.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d93bcccf-2d1d-4f54-be34-36ee99aff111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).