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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mechanics liens."
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description: "The California Constitution gives workers the right to a mechanics 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 requires a claim of mechanics lien to be served on the owner or reputed owner of the property in order to be valid, and requires a proof of service affidavit to show the name of the person upon whom the mechanics lien was served."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 456"
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citation: "California AB 456 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Mechanics liens."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wagner"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2011-02-15"
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last_action: "2011-10-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4bcead-4930-4e2e-84f0-9e2546c62eb6"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456"
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source_hash: "50ea71395bb37c7a65371d9662873d5b2db86f87ce565b2c2a6a0da36218a7ef"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 456 (20112012) — Mechanics liens.
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The California Constitution gives workers the right to a mechanics 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 requires a claim of mechanics lien to be served on the owner or reputed owner of the property in order to be valid, and requires a proof of service affidavit to show the name of the person upon whom the mechanics lien was served.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456&version=20110AB45699INT)
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2. **03/17/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456&version=20110AB45698AMD)
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3. **04/12/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456&version=20110AB45697AMD)
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4. **06/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456&version=20110AB45696AMD)
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5. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456&version=20110AB45695AMD)
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6. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456&version=20110AB45693CHP)
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7. **AB456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456)
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8. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB456&version=20110AB45694ENR)
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## Votes
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- amendments be concurred in. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 456 WAGNER Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 456 WAGNER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB456 Wagner By Strickland — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wagner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-03-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2011-03-29** Measure version as amended on March 17 corrected. `amendment-passage`
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- **2011-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-04-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1039.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1863.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2011-08-15** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-09-01** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-09-01** Ordered to the Senate.
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- **2011-09-01** In Senate. Held at Desk.
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- **2011-09-02** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
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- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2359.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2011-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3180.)
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- **2011-09-09** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 9). `committee-passage`
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- **2011-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3196.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 673, Statutes of 2011.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b4bcead-4930-4e2e-84f0-9e2546c62eb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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