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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Residential property: foreclosure."
+description: "Existing law prescribes various requirements to be satisfied before the exercise of a power of sale under a mortgage or deed of trust and prescribes a procedure for the exercise of that power. Existing law requires, among other things, that a statement of the default containing specific information be mailed to the trustor or mortgagor at that person's last known address. If the deed of trust or mortgage containing a power of sale is secured by real property containing from 1 to 4 single-family residences, existing law requires the notice of sale to contain specified notices to potential bidders and to the property owner in substantially prescribed language."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20192020"
+identifier: "SB 1079"
+citation: "California SB 1079 (20192020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Residential property: foreclosure."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2020-02-19"
+last_action: "2020-09-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1d71a92-d913-4db9-ac14-8a005d4a8583"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079"
+source_hash: "616d05800a8b9f424c407e073174da95ea3f7a2c2151d952c443e73146e312dc"
+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 1079 (20192020) — Residential property: foreclosure.
+
+Existing law prescribes various requirements to be satisfied before the exercise of a power of sale under a mortgage or deed of trust and prescribes a procedure for the exercise of that power. Existing law requires, among other things, that a statement of the default containing specific information be mailed to the trustor or mortgagor at that person's last known address. If the deed of trust or mortgage containing a power of sale is secured by real property containing from 1 to 4 single-family residences, existing law requires the notice of sale to contain specified notices to potential bidders and to the property owner in substantially prescribed language.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079&version=20190SB107999INT)
+2. **05/13/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079&version=20190SB107998AMD)
+3. **05/29/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079&version=20190SB107997AMD)
+4. **06/18/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079&version=20190SB107996AMD)
+5. **08/10/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079&version=20190SB107995AMD)
+6. **08/24/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079&version=20190SB107994AMD)
+7. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079&version=20190SB107992CHP)
+8. **SB1079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079)
+9. **09/03/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1079&version=20190SB107993ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading — **30–10** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
+- SB 1079 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Grayson — **49–17** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB1079 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **30–9** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Skinner — primary (person)
+- Rubio — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2020-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
+- **2020-03-05** Referred to Coms. on JUD., GOV. & F., and HOUSING. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-11** Set for hearing March 24.
+- **2020-03-18** March 24 hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2020-05-12** Set for hearing May 22.
+- **2020-05-12** Referral to Coms. on GOV. & F., and HOUSING rescinded due to the shortened 2020 Legislative Calendar.
+- **2020-05-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3583.) (May 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-05-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
+- **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18.
+- **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3769.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2020-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2020-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 3880.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2020-06-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-09** July 22 hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2020-07-27** July 30 hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2020-08-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2020-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2020-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2020-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 17. Page 5304.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2020-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 202, Statutes of 2020.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1d71a92-d913-4db9-ac14-8a005d4a8583`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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