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Bill Liens. The California Constitution gives workers the right to a mechanic's lien for the value of labor and materials provided for the improvement of real property, and authorizes the Legislature to provide for the speedy and efficient enforcement of these liens. Existing law defines claim of lien in this regard, requiring it to contain specified information. Existing law provides that a lien claimant, after filing of the complaint to enforce the lien in the proper court, may record in the office of the county recorder where the property is located a notice of pending proceedings, and from the time of the recording a purchaser or encumbrancer of the property is deemed to have constructive notice of the pendency of the action. us/states/ca California Legislature 20092010 AB 457 California AB 457 (20092010)
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California AB 457 (20092010) — Liens.

The California Constitution gives workers the right to a mechanic's lien for the value of labor and materials provided for the improvement of real property, and authorizes the Legislature to provide for the speedy and efficient enforcement of these liens. Existing law defines claim of lien in this regard, requiring it to contain specified information. Existing law provides that a lien claimant, after filing of the complaint to enforce the lien in the proper court, may record in the office of the county recorder where the property is located a notice of pending proceedings, and from the time of the recording a purchaser or encumbrancer of the property is deemed to have constructive notice of the pendency of the action.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/24/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/25/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 05/11/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/18/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/06/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. AB457 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 07/15/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Special Consent #12 AB457 Monning — pass (pass) · upper
  • AB 457 MONNING Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
  • AB 457 MONNING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Monning — primary (person)
  • Emmerson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2009-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2009-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
  • 2009-03-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2009-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2009-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2009-03-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 31). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2009-04-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-04-20 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 975.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2009-04-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2009-04-30 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2009-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
  • 2009-06-17 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2009-06-18 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-06-22 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
  • 2009-06-23 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-07-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
  • 2009-07-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1664.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2009-07-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2009-07-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2471.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
  • 2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 109, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9d09c09-e9ca-47e2-8afd-1dbc5c1e94a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).