Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions.
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SB 956 — Enforcement of money judgments: exemptions.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 25, Statutes of 2022.
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2022. Enacted.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 4 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Existing law identifies various types of property of a judgment debtor that are exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment. Existing law provides that all of the exemptions that are applicable to the enforcement of a money judgment are applicable in a bankruptcy case, regardless of whether there is a money judgment against the debtor or whether a money judgment is being enforced by execution sale or any other procedure, unless the debtor elects certain alternative exemptions in lieu of all other statutory exemptions provided. Existing law provides that money held in an account owned by the judgment debtor and established pursuant to the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act is exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment and also as an alternative exemption in a bankruptcy case, and the amount exempted is limited to contributions to the account, as specified, prior to the date of filing of the debtor's petition for bankruptcy, not to exceed the amount of the annual gift exclusion under Section 2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in effect at the time of the contribution. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adjust, every 3 years, the amounts of the exemptions applicable to exempt property based on the change in the annual California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. This bill would specify that the alternative exemption for money held in a Scholarshare account would instead be limited to an amount not to exceed the amount of the annual gift exclusion under Section 2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in effect at the time of filing of the debtor's petition for bankruptcy. The bill would specify that the exemption applicable to the enforcement of a money judgment for money held in a Scholarshare account would instead be limited to contributions to the account, as specified, prior to the date of entry of a money judgment and not to exceed the amount of the annual gift exclusion under Section 2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in effect at the time of entry of the money judgment. The bill would expressly specify that the amounts of these exemptions are not subject to adjustment by the Judicial Council.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 06/20/22 - Chaptered Current pdf June 20, 2022
- Enrolled 06/10/22 - Enrolled pdf June 10, 2022
- Introduced 02/09/22 - Introduced pdf February 09, 2022
- SB956 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 25, Statutes of 2022.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 5305.) Ordered to the Senate.
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Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 1).
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Referred to Com. on JUD.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3358.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3254.) (March 29).
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Set for hearing March 29.
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Referred to Com. on JUD.
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From printer.
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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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Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Sponsors
- Wieckowski · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Wieckowski
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 31 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 69 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 88% | 0% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (78)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Kiley | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Not Voting |
| Rodriguez | — | Not Voting |
| Cunningham | — | Not Voting |
| Quirk | — | Not Voting |
| Medina | — | Not Voting |
| Villapudua | — | Not Voting |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Yea |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Not Voting |
| Vince Fong | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Not Voting |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Bennett, Steve | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Bryan, Isaac G. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Cervantes, Sabrina | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Haney, Matt | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Lee, Alex | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Ward, Christopher M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Wilson, Lori D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Seyarto, Kelly | Republican | Yea |
| Valladares, Suzette Martinez | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Cunningham | — | Yea |
| Kiley | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Not Voting |
| Haney, Matt | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Davies, Laurie | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democratic | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Min | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Glazer | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Borgeas | — | Yea |
| Rubio | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Hertzberg | — | Yea |
| Kamlager | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Not Voting |
| Wilk | — | Not Voting |
| Allen, Benjamin | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Archuleta, Bob | Democratic | Yea |
| Becker, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Cortese, Dave | Democratic | Yea |
| Durazo, Maria Elena | Democratic | Yea |
| Hurtado, Melissa | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Yea |
| Umberg, Thomas J. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wiener, Scott D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Borgeas | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Hertzberg | — | Yea |
| Durazo, Maria Elena | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Yea |
| Umberg, Thomas J. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wiener, Scott D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 956 do?
- Existing law identifies various types of property of a judgment debtor that are exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment. Existing law provides that all of the exemptions that are applicable to the enforcement of a money judgment are applicable in a bankruptcy case, regardless of whether there is a money judgment against the debtor or whether a money judgment is being enforced by execution sale or any other procedure, unless the debtor elects certain alternative exemptions in lieu of all other statutory exemptions provided. Existing law provides that money held in an account owned by the judgment debtor and established pursuant to the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act is exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment and also as an alternative exemption in a bankruptcy case, and the amount exempted is limited to contributions to the account, as specified, prior to the date of filing of the debtor's petition for bankruptcy, not to exceed the amount of the annual gift exclusion under Section 2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in effect at the time of the contribution. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to adjust, every 3 years, the amounts of the exemptions applicable to exempt property based on the change in the annual California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. This bill would specify that the alternative exemption for money held in a Scholarshare account would instead be limited to an amount not to exceed the amount of the annual gift exclusion under Section 2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in effect at the time of filing of the debtor's petition for bankruptcy. The bill would specify that the exemption applicable to the enforcement of a money judgment for money held in a Scholarshare account would instead be limited to contributions to the account, as specified, prior to the date of entry of a money judgment and not to exceed the amount of the annual gift exclusion under Section 2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in effect at the time of entry of the money judgment. The bill would expressly specify that the amounts of these exemptions are not subject to adjustment by the Judicial Council.
- Who sponsors SB 956?
- SB 956 is sponsored by Wieckowski.
- What is the current status of SB 956?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2022. Enacted.
- Where can I track SB 956?
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