California 2001-2002 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 539 — Marital: liability: spousal debts.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 702, Statutes of 2001.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2001. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 702, Statutes of 2001.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.

  4. In Assembly. To enrollment.

  5. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2586.)

  6. Read second time. To third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.).

  8. Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)

  9. Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary.

  10. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 8. Page 1682.)

  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.

  12. Read second time. To third reading.

  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 2).

  15. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary.

  16. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1298.)

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended.

  18. Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary.

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  20. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Maddox · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Maddox

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36000
Total 36000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (36)
Member Party Vote
Knight — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Ackerman — Yea
Alarcon — Yea
Alpert — Yea
Battin — Yea
Bowen — Yea
Brulte — Yea
Burton — Yea
Costa — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Escutia — Yea
Figueroa — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Johannessen — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
Machado — Yea
Margett — Yea
McClintock — Yea
McPherson — Yea
Monteith — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Murray — Yea
O'Connell — Yea
Oller — Yea
Perata — Yea
Polanco — Yea
Poochigian — Yea
Scott — Yea
Sher — Yea
Soto — Yea
Vasconcellos — Yea
Vincent — Yea
Romero — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Total 6000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (6)
Member Party Vote
Ackerman — Yea
Escutia — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
O'Connell — Yea
Peace — Yea

Official roll call →

Passed 64 Yea · 9 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 607010
Democratic 3202
Republican 1000
Total 649012
% of votes cast 75%11%0%14%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Harman — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Aroner — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Bogh — Yea
Bill — Yea
Campbell — Yea
John — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Cardenas — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Dickerson — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Firebaugh — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Havice — Yea
Horton — Yea
Keeley — Yea
Kelley — Yea
Koretz — Yea
Leach — Yea
Leonard — Yea
Leslie — Yea
Bates — Yea
Longville — Yea
Maddox — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Migden — Yea
Mountjoy — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Robert — Yea
Pescetti — Yea
Richman — Yea
Runner — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Shelley — Yea
Thomson — Yea
Washington — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Wyman — Yea
Zettel — Yea
Canciamilla — Nay
Goldberg — Nay
Rod — Nay
Briggs — Not Voting
Cardoza — Not Voting
Chan — Not Voting
Cohn — Not Voting
La — Not Voting
Suer — Not Voting
Strom-Martin — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Nay
Liu — Nay
Maldonado — Nay
Oropeza — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Not Voting
Ashburn — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Not Voting
Correa — Nay
Cox — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Nay
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Nay
Papan, Diane Democratic Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Democratic 1001
Total 9002
% of votes cast 82%0%0%18%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Corbett — Not Voting
Dutra — Yea
Longville — Yea
Robert — Yea
Shelley — Yea
Wayne — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Bates — Yea
Harman — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Not Voting
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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AB 539 is sponsored by Maddox.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2001. Enacted.
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