---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business: self-service storage facilities."
description: "Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, specifies remedies and procedures for self-service storage facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges. Existing law requires that a lien sale of property at a self-service storage facility be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the sale is to be held, or posted in conspicuous places in the neighborhood of the proposed sale, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "California SB 279 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business: self-service storage facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f10dabca-c164-4da2-a421-0d2f4dc45295"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB279"
source_hash: "67b347911a9fc0c1291f1da8b996812218f28861e98ad34bda75e3897cf8ad42"
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 279 (20112012) — Business: self-service storage facilities.

Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, specifies remedies and procedures for self-service storage facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges. Existing law requires that a lien sale of property at a self-service storage facility be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the sale is to be held, or posted in conspicuous places in the neighborhood of the proposed sale, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB279&version=20110SB27999INT)
2. **07/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB279&version=20110SB27997CHP)
3. **SB279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB279)
4. **06/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB279&version=20110SB27998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 279 Emmerson Senate Third Reading By COOK — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-11** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2011-03-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 415.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-03-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 458.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-03-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2051.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-23** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2011-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 65, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f10dabca-c164-4da2-a421-0d2f4dc45295`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).