Fair Debt Settlement Practices Act.
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Aug 29, 2025
What it does
Existing law, the Fair Debt Settlement Practices Act, prohibits a debt settlement provider from engaging in false, deceptive, or misleading acts or practices, as specified, when providing debt settlement services. Existing law requires a debt settlement provider to provide a consumer with certain disclosures along with an unsigned copy of the proposed written contract between the debt settlement provider and the consumer and prohibits certain unfair, abusive, or deceptive practices in connection with payment processor activities. Existing law authorizes a consumer to terminate a contract for debt settlement services at any time without a fee or penalty of any sort by notifying the debt…
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Current step)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.