Existing law limits the liability of a transferor or listing or selling agent under certain conditions for failing to disclose natural hazards or to make other disclosures in specified property transactions if the error, inaccuracy, or omission was not within the personal knowledge of the transferor or the listing or selling agent and he or she acted in reliance upon a report or opinion prepared by a licensed engineer, land surveyor, geologist, or expert in natural hazard discovery dealing with matters within the scope of the professional's license or expertise. Existing law conditions this limitation in specified ways, including the requirement that when an expert responds to a request regarding natural hazards, that the expert determine whether the property is within an airport influence area, the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or designated farmland and, if so, existing law requires the expert to provide a specified notice or notices with his or her report.
California SB 110 (20112012) — Real property disclosures: mining operations.
Existing law limits the liability of a transferor or listing or selling agent under certain conditions for failing to disclose natural hazards or to make other disclosures in specified property transactions if the error, inaccuracy, or omission was not within the personal knowledge of the transferor or the listing or selling agent and he or she acted in reliance upon a report or opinion prepared by a licensed engineer, land surveyor, geologist, or expert in natural hazard discovery dealing with matters within the scope of the professional's license or expertise. Existing law conditions this limitation in specified ways, including the requirement that when an expert responds to a request regarding natural hazards, that the expert determine whether the property is within an airport influence area, the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, or designated farmland and, if so, existing law requires the expert to provide a specified notice or notices with his or her report.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #3 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 110 Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #7 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Rubio — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-01-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-01-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 14.
2011-02-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-04-01 Set for hearing April 12.
2011-04-07 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-05-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-05-03 Set for hearing May 10.
2011-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 950.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-18 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1067.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-06-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-14 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-06-21 Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-07-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2268.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-07-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-07-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-08-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1915.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2011-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 253, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a59f5f0f-2068-45eb-a2c2-2eed16aaead1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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