republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-889.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Department of Tax and Fee Administration: earnings withholding orders: settlement agreements: excise taxes."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Wage Garnishment Law, sets forth procedures for the levy of a judgment debtor's wages when required to enforce a money judgment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 889"
citation: "California SB 889 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Department of Tax and Fee Administration", "earnings withholding orders", "excise taxes", "settlement agreements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70ff719-aa74-4ef1-9b35-8e8040fec1a1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB889"
source_hash: "bfdd30cc4afefd414f1301b483ea46efff92b24e586d186e0c1a1c27b56a339c"
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 SB 889 (20232024) — California Department of Tax and Fee Administration: earnings withholding orders: settlement agreements: excise taxes.

(1) Existing law, the Wage Garnishment Law, sets forth procedures for the levy of a judgment debtor's wages when required to enforce a money judgment.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/21/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB889&version=20230SB88999INT)
2. **07/03/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB889&version=20230SB88998AMD)
3. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB889&version=20230SB88997AMD)
4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB889&version=20230SB88995CHP)
5. **SB889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB889)
6. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB889&version=20230SB88996ENR)

## Votes

- SB 889 Governance and Finance Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB889 GOV. & F. (Caballero) Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB889 GOV. & F. — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 21.
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2023-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 939.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1056.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3521.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2831.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 511, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d70ff719-aa74-4ef1-9b35-8e8040fec1a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).