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type: "Bill"
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title: "Enforcement of judgments: wage garnishment."
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description: "Existing law sets forth procedures for the levy of a judgment debtor's wages when required to enforce a money judgment. Existing law specifies that the maximum amount of a judgment debtor's disposable earnings for any workweek that is subject to levy shall not exceed the lesser of certain specified percentages, including 50% of the amount by which the disposable earnings for the week exceed 40 times the state minimum hourly wage. Existing law specifies certain multipliers to determine the maximum amount of disposable earning subject to levy for any pay period other than a weekly pay period."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 1477"
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citation: "California SB 1477 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Enforcement of judgments: wage garnishment."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-02-18"
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last_action: "2022-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49a3b1e0-dd4c-4674-badc-d3e097aa2879"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477"
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source_hash: "fbc41389308cc61e7e1903b00f75b36fb356dd6d58a17cb97007d7fc49ab5082"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1477 (20212022) — Enforcement of judgments: wage garnishment.
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Existing law sets forth procedures for the levy of a judgment debtor's wages when required to enforce a money judgment. Existing law specifies that the maximum amount of a judgment debtor's disposable earnings for any workweek that is subject to levy shall not exceed the lesser of certain specified percentages, including 50% of the amount by which the disposable earnings for the week exceed 40 times the state minimum hourly wage. Existing law specifies certain multipliers to determine the maximum amount of disposable earning subject to levy for any pay period other than a weekly pay period.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147799INT)
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2. **03/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147798AMD)
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3. **04/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147797AMD)
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4. **05/09/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147796AMD)
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5. **06/08/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147795AMD)
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6. **08/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147794AMD)
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7. **08/25/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147793AMD)
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8. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147791CHP)
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9. **SB1477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477)
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10. **09/06/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1477&version=20210SB147792ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB1477 Wieckowski et al. Concurrence — **29–9** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1477 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas Amendment Set #1 — **42–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- SB 1477 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — **52–19** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB1477 Wieckowski et al. — **27–9** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **7–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wieckowski — primary (person)
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- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
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- Skinner — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
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- **2022-02-22** From printer.
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- **2022-03-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-22** Set for hearing April 5.
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- **2022-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3326.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-09** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-09** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2022-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 3830.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 42. Noes 3. Page 5926.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5330.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 849, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49a3b1e0-dd4c-4674-badc-d3e097aa2879`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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