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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission."
+description: "Existing law authorizes a buyer to rescind a home solicitation contract or offer, as defined, within a limited period of time if specified requirements are met. Under existing law, a contract or offer, subject to approval, for the sale, lease, or rental of a water treatment device is deemed a home solicitation contract or offer. Existing law prohibits a water treatment device or any other materials that are the subject of a home solicitation contract or offer from being delivered or installed, or other services performed, until the expiration of the rescission period, as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "SB 981"
+citation: "California SB 981 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2018-02-01"
+last_action: "2018-09-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb044a56-d0d5-4cf4-af33-90c54e31e3b6"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981"
+source_hash: "d0bd2a7b359baee5bd5e0abfe1cbe51d0c5fb32dd8665c270e6d752e5704b00c"
+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 981 (20172018) — Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission.
+
+Existing law authorizes a buyer to rescind a home solicitation contract or offer, as defined, within a limited period of time if specified requirements are met. Under existing law, a contract or offer, subject to approval, for the sale, lease, or rental of a water treatment device is deemed a home solicitation contract or offer. Existing law prohibits a water treatment device or any other materials that are the subject of a home solicitation contract or offer from being delivered or installed, or other services performed, until the expiration of the rescission period, as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/01/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98199INT)
+2. **04/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98198AMD)
+3. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98197AMD)
+4. **09/29/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98195CHP)
+5. **SB981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981)
+6. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98196ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB981 Dodd Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 981 Dodd Senate Third Reading By RUBIO — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dodd — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
+- **2018-02-14** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 9.
+- **2018-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4588.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-11** Set for hearing April 17.
+- **2018-04-11** April 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2018-04-12** Set for hearing April 24.
+- **2018-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4814.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-02** Set for hearing May 7.
+- **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5008.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-16** From consent calendar.
+- **2018-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6585.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2018-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 932, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb044a56-d0d5-4cf4-af33-90c54e31e3b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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