---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: liens: recordation."
description: "Existing law provides that every tax, penalty, or interest on real property is a lien against the property assessed. Existing law also provides that every tax on improvements is a lien on the taxable land on which they are located. Existing law provides that a tax on personal property is a lien against any real property on the secured roll also belonging to the owner of the personal property in specified circumstances. Existing law authorizes the county tax collector to record a lien with respect to certain types of taxes on real and personal property with the county recorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 624"
citation: "California SB 624 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation: liens: recordation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d49626a6-0e7f-4307-8a11-5b0a4003319d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB624"
source_hash: "2b662a55348aecc309004e3972f62a808c030bae58c4fd34125bf0fb61c22529"
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 624 (20172018) — Property taxation: liens: recordation.

Existing law provides that every tax, penalty, or interest on real property is a lien against the property assessed. Existing law also provides that every tax on improvements is a lien on the taxable land on which they are located. Existing law provides that a tax on personal property is a lien against any real property on the secured roll also belonging to the owner of the personal property in specified circumstances. Existing law authorizes the county tax collector to record a lien with respect to certain types of taxes on real and personal property with the county recorder.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB624&version=20170SB62499INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB624&version=20170SB62498AMD)
3. **05/09/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB624&version=20170SB62497AMD)
4. **07/31/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB624&version=20170SB62495CHP)
5. **SB624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB624)
6. **07/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB624&version=20170SB62496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 624 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By RIDLEY-THOMAS — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2017-04-18** April 26 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-19** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2017-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 945.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** Published May 9 at 9 p.m.
- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1144.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2580.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-18** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-07-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-07-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 164, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d49626a6-0e7f-4307-8a11-5b0a4003319d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).