republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-488.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substandard housing: regulations."
description: "(1) Existing law specifies that any building, including any dwelling unit, shall be deemed to be a substandard building when a health officer determines that, among other things, an infestation of insects, vermin, or rodents exists to the extent that it endangers the life, limb, health, property, safety, or welfare of the public or its occupants, or there is a lack of adequate garbage and rubbish storage and removal facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "California SB 488 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Substandard housing: regulations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hueso"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b14ac2e-1a43-495c-b334-47c41e8f872a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488"
source_hash: "dabd5b2f89c1dff0efb4eaa12bf9b34a7431458a86ac9b7fcdfe027d14601a69"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 488 (20132014) — Substandard housing: regulations.

(1) Existing law specifies that any building, including any dwelling unit, shall be deemed to be a substandard building when a health officer determines that, among other things, an infestation of insects, vermin, or rodents exists to the extent that it endangers the life, limb, health, property, safety, or welfare of the public or its occupants, or there is a lack of adequate garbage and rubbish storage and removal facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488&version=20130SB48899INT)
2. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488&version=20130SB48898AMD)
3. **04/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488&version=20130SB48897AMD)
4. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488&version=20130SB48896AMD)
5. **06/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488&version=20130SB48895AMD)
6. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488&version=20130SB48893CHP)
7. **SB488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488)
8. **08/02/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB488&version=20130SB48894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB488 Hueso Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 488 Hueso Senate Third Reading By QUIRK-SILVA — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #4 — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hueso — primary (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 791.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 907.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2290.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-07-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1698.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 89, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b14ac2e-1a43-495c-b334-47c41e8f872a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).