---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgages: foreclosure consultants."
description: "Mortgages: foreclosure consultants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 180"
citation: "California AB 180 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mortgages: foreclosure consultants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2007-01-24"
last_action: "2008-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/765336b9-f785-4819-8978-b29d648d0e58"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180"
source_hash: "c7fe5c61e2328065d52a5ce56982f6b43e3883a0469550e2b89d5f6f6fbd8d9f"
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 AB 180 (20072008) — Mortgages: foreclosure consultants.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/24/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18099INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18098AMD)
3. **01/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18097AMD)
4. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18096AMD)
5. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18095AMD)
6. **08/13/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18094AMD)
7. **08/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18093AMD)
8. **09/25/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18091CHP)
9. **AB180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180)
10. **09/11/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB180&version=20070AB18092ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 180 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Banking and Finance. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB180 Bass By Corbett — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 180 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LIEU — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — author (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3638.) (January 7). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** Assembly Rule 56 suspended (Standing Committee on Judiciary).
- **2008-01-14** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3696.)
- **2008-01-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (January 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (January 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5. Page 3815.) (January 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 27. Page 3863.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-13** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 5327.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 7145.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** (Corrected September 16.)
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 278, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/765336b9-f785-4819-8978-b29d648d0e58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).