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SB 546: Collection Licensing Act: exceptions: billing agents.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-06-11

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-06-11: From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Enacted

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The Debt Collection Licensing Act generally regulates the business of debt collection and prohibits a person from engaging in the business of debt collection in this state without first obtaining a license pursuant to the act. The act provides that it does not apply to certain institutions and persons.

This bill would provide that the act does not apply to billing agents, except as specified.

Existing law establishes the California Financial Literacy Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of enabling partnerships with the financial services community and governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders to improve financial literacy within the state. Existing law requires the fund to be administered by the Controller, who is authorized, among other things, to deposit private donations into the fund, as specified. Existing law requires those moneys to be made available upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, and requires the Controller to report annually to the Legislature on the use of those moneys appropriated from the fund, as specified. This bill would repeal those provisions.

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