---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure: deficiency judgments."
description: "Existing law provides that no deficiency judgment shall lie following a judicial foreclosure with respect to certain enumerated circumstances, including, among others, after a sale of real property or an estate for years therein for failure of the purchaser to complete his or her contract of sale. Existing law prohibits a judgment to be rendered for a deficiency on a note secured by a deed of trust or mortgage on real property or an estate for years therein, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 426"
citation: "California SB 426 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil procedure: deficiency judgments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdd0d772-0d76-456d-8c8c-0a6363649c0e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB426"
source_hash: "203ec249b249f525f35ede3a3fcd1a3dc68cd1a32d2adb6e49e03fec2339b50c"
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 426 (20132014) — Civil procedure: deficiency judgments.

Existing law provides that no deficiency judgment shall lie following a judicial foreclosure with respect to certain enumerated circumstances, including, among others, after a sale of real property or an estate for years therein for failure of the purchaser to complete his or her contract of sale. Existing law prohibits a judgment to be rendered for a deficiency on a note secured by a deed of trust or mortgage on real property or an estate for years therein, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB426&version=20130SB42699INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB426&version=20130SB42698AMD)
3. **06/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB426&version=20130SB42697AMD)
4. **07/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB426&version=20130SB42695CHP)
5. **SB426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB426)
6. **07/02/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB426&version=20130SB42696ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB426 Corbett Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 426 Corbett Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 663.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 805.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2130.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-07-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1600.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-07-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 65, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdd0d772-0d76-456d-8c8c-0a6363649c0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).