The California Constitution provides that laborers of every class who have worked upon or have furnished material for a property have a lien upon that property for the value of the labor done and material furnished. The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide, by law, for the speedy and efficient enforcement of those liens. Existing law, operative July 1, 2012, recodified and revised the law for enforcing mechanics liens. Existing law provides that certain erroneous information contained in a claim of lien does not invalidate the claim of lien, except as specified.
The California Constitution provides that laborers of every class who have worked upon or have furnished material for a property have a lien upon that property for the value of the labor done and material furnished. The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide, by law, for the speedy and efficient enforcement of those liens. Existing law, operative July 1, 2012, recodified and revised the law for enforcing mechanics liens. Existing law provides that certain erroneous information contained in a claim of lien does not invalidate the claim of lien, except as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
SB 190 Lowenthal Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Lowenthal — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
2011-02-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-03-16 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
2011-03-22 Set for hearing March 29.
2011-03-30 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 494.) (March 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 568.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-05-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-06-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1997.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-06-20 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2011-06-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2011-06-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 44, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33764582-8424-45a9-8e50-39c1243bf905. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).