--- type: "Bill" title: "Property taxation: tax collector: notices." description: "Under existing property tax law, unpaid property taxes are declared delinquent and subject to penalties and costs, and, if the taxes remain unpaid, the property is declared tax-defaulted and subject to sale, as provided, if not redeemed by the owner within a certain amount of time. Existing property tax law requires the tax collector to provide assessees or parties of interest, as applicable, of tax-defaulted property subject to sale with specified notices, including, among others, a notice of default and power to sell the property for nonpayment of taxes, a notice of intended sale, and a notice of proposed sale. Under existing federal law, the filing of certain bankruptcy petitions or an application under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, as provided, operate as a stay of specified enforcement and collection actions, except for the issuance by a governmental unit of a notice of tax deficiency." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 1506" citation: "California SB 1506 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Property taxation: tax collector: notices."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"] version_count: 4 action_count: 19 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2018-03-21" last_action: "2018-07-16" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/690ca516-5fbf-4203-bf7e-0bbfce8c5f32" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1506" source_hash: "524d9571399f593bd32dcf8a1a550883a068d73614bf683a572c513987a3f1da" 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 1506 (20172018) — Property taxation: tax collector: notices. Under existing property tax law, unpaid property taxes are declared delinquent and subject to penalties and costs, and, if the taxes remain unpaid, the property is declared tax-defaulted and subject to sale, as provided, if not redeemed by the owner within a certain amount of time. Existing property tax law requires the tax collector to provide assessees or parties of interest, as applicable, of tax-defaulted property subject to sale with specified notices, including, among others, a notice of default and power to sell the property for nonpayment of taxes, a notice of intended sale, and a notice of proposed sale. Under existing federal law, the filing of certain bankruptcy petitions or an application under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, as provided, operate as a stay of specified enforcement and collection actions, except for the issuance by a governmental unit of a notice of tax deficiency. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **03/21/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1506&version=20170SB150699INT) 2. **07/16/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1506&version=20170SB150697CHP) 3. **SB1506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1506) 4. **07/09/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1506&version=20170SB150698ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1506 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar SB1506 GOV. & F. — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-03-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-03-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 21. - **2018-04-04** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-10** Set for hearing April 25. - **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4812.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7. - **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5015.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6109.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-07-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2018-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 119, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/690ca516-5fbf-4203-bf7e-0bbfce8c5f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).