Existing law defines and regulates reverse mortgage loans and prohibits a reverse mortgage loan application from being taken by a lender unless the loan applicant has been provided a specified notice advising the applicant about counseling prior to obtaining the reverse mortgage loan. Existing law requires a lender to provide a prospective borrower a list of not fewer than 10 housing counseling agencies approved by the United States Department of Housing and Community Development to engage in reverse mortgage counseling, as specified, and prohibits a lender from accepting a final and complete application for a reverse mortgage or assessing any fees upon a prospective borrower without receiving certification that the prospective borrower has received this counseling from an approved counseling agency.
California AB 2010 (20112012) — Reverse mortgages: counseling.
Existing law defines and regulates reverse mortgage loans and prohibits a reverse mortgage loan application from being taken by a lender unless the loan applicant has been provided a specified notice advising the applicant about counseling prior to obtaining the reverse mortgage loan. Existing law requires a lender to provide a prospective borrower a list of not fewer than 10 housing counseling agencies approved by the United States Department of Housing and Community Development to engage in reverse mortgage counseling, as specified, and prohibits a lender from accepting a final and complete application for a reverse mortgage or assessing any fees upon a prospective borrower without receiving certification that the prospective borrower has received this counseling from an approved counseling agency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2012-03-12 Referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
2012-04-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
2012-05-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 10. Page 4768.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-07-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4759.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b43c9c77-45f9-4334-ba6d-a1c90c30ba45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).