---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business."
description: "Existing law provides that a lessee in ordinary course of business takes its leasehold interest free of a security interest in the goods created by the lessor, even if the security interest is perfected and the lessee knows of its existence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "California SB 6 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b7d23e-6511-4ec6-9ada-3412219dc017"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB6"
source_hash: "185a564ab94b371e571a79a9c3ea8fa7acd011382dbc8ca8b7dc6421702c612a"
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 6 (20132014) — Business.

Existing law provides that a lessee in ordinary course of business takes its leasehold interest free of a security interest in the goods created by the lessor, even if the security interest is perfected and the lessee knows of its existence.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB6&version=20130SB699INT)
2. **01/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB6&version=20130SB698AMD)
3. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB6&version=20130SB697AMD)
4. **07/03/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB6&version=20130SB695CHP)
5. **SB6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB6)
6. **06/25/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB6&version=20130SB696ENR)

## Votes

- SB 6 Lieu Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
- **2013-01-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-15** 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`
- **2013-03-20** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 389.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 492.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2131.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-07-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 54, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2b7d23e-6511-4ec6-9ada-3412219dc017`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).