---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home inspections: sewer lateral repairs."
description: "Existing law defines a home inspection as a noninvasive, physical examination, performed for a fee in connection with a transfer of real property, of the mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems or the structural and essential components of a residential dwelling, as specified. Existing law specifies that a home inspector is an individual who provides home inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 484"
citation: "California SB 484 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Home inspections: sewer lateral repairs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b39a4c-f607-423e-ab8a-69fb859e861e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB484"
source_hash: "681160e07da81870f0dab51a95ac0457f370682174b5e203ae7b8efb4483dc94"
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 484 (20212022) — Home inspections: sewer lateral repairs.

Existing law defines a home inspection as a noninvasive, physical examination, performed for a fee in connection with a transfer of real property, of the mechanical, electrical, or plumbing systems or the structural and essential components of a residential dwelling, as specified. Existing law specifies that a home inspector is an individual who provides home inspections.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB484&version=20210SB48499INT)
2. **03/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB484&version=20210SB48498AMD)
3. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB484&version=20210SB48496CHP)
4. **SB484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB484)
5. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB484&version=20210SB48497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 484 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Akilah Weber — **70–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Set for hearing March 8.
- **2021-03-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 405.) (March 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2021-03-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 1034.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 2685.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 545, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9b39a4c-f607-423e-ab8a-69fb859e861e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).