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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Home inspectors."
+description: "Existing law regulates a person who performs certain home inspections for a fee in connection with a transfer of real property. Existing law provides that it is the duty of a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, or registered as a professional engineer to conduct a home inspection with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "SB 988"
+citation: "California SB 988 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Home inspectors."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2018-02-05"
+last_action: "2018-08-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f1f739f-3793-4720-8048-29b3e0d38a85"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB988"
+source_hash: "4d05fdffabfd226b191d676b74b7144890391776215fc9b766dbc17ae70256f5"
+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 988 (20172018) — Home inspectors.
+
+Existing law regulates a person who performs certain home inspections for a fee in connection with a transfer of real property. Existing law provides that it is the duty of a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, or registered as a professional engineer to conduct a home inspection with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/05/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB988&version=20170SB98899INT)
+2. **05/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB988&version=20170SB98898AMD)
+3. **08/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB988&version=20170SB98896CHP)
+4. **SB988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB988)
+5. **08/10/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB988&version=20170SB98897ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **14–2** (pass) · lower
+- SB 988 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA — **59–5** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Galgiani — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-02-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
+- **2018-02-14** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 2.
+- **2018-04-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4496.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-03** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2018-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5007.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 5. Page 6216.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2018-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2018-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f1f739f-3793-4720-8048-29b3e0d38a85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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