--- type: "Bill" title: "Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission." description: "Existing law authorizes a buyer to rescind a home solicitation contract or offer, as defined, within a limited period of time if specified requirements are met. Under existing law, a contract or offer, subject to approval, for the sale, lease, or rental of a water treatment device is deemed a home solicitation contract or offer. Existing law prohibits a water treatment device or any other materials that are the subject of a home solicitation contract or offer from being delivered or installed, or other services performed, until the expiration of the rescission period, as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 981" citation: "California SB 981 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"] version_count: 6 action_count: 29 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2018-02-01" last_action: "2018-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb044a56-d0d5-4cf4-af33-90c54e31e3b6" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981" source_hash: "d0bd2a7b359baee5bd5e0abfe1cbe51d0c5fb32dd8665c270e6d752e5704b00c" 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 981 (20172018) — Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission. Existing law authorizes a buyer to rescind a home solicitation contract or offer, as defined, within a limited period of time if specified requirements are met. Under existing law, a contract or offer, subject to approval, for the sale, lease, or rental of a water treatment device is deemed a home solicitation contract or offer. Existing law prohibits a water treatment device or any other materials that are the subject of a home solicitation contract or offer from being delivered or installed, or other services performed, until the expiration of the rescission period, as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/01/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98199INT) 2. **04/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98198AMD) 3. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98197AMD) 4. **09/29/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98195CHP) 5. **SB981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981) 6. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981&version=20170SB98196ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB981 Dodd Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - SB 981 Dodd Senate Third Reading By RUBIO — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Dodd — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4. - **2018-02-14** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 9. - **2018-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4588.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-11** Set for hearing April 17. - **2018-04-11** April 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-04-12** Set for hearing April 24. - **2018-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4814.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-02** Set for hearing May 7. - **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5008.) 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 P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-16** From consent calendar. - **2018-08-16** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6585.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2018-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 932, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb044a56-d0d5-4cf4-af33-90c54e31e3b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).