republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-652.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property disclosures: construction defect litigation."
description: "Existing law requires the transferor of residential property to make certain disclosures to a prospective transferee and requires these disclosures to be made on a specified form."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 652"
citation: "California SB 652 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real property disclosures: construction defect litigation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e80c3bbb-a3c9-4acf-845f-70e44ee464fe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652"
source_hash: "21a247f9b73f9d8e88ff73b3f4567b497e18e3a312dcfa3bdc1dd5c6acd77200"
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 652 (20132014) — Real property disclosures: construction defect litigation.

Existing law requires the transferor of residential property to make certain disclosures to a prospective transferee and requires these disclosures to be made on a specified form.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652&version=20130SB65299INT)
2. **04/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652&version=20130SB65298AMD)
3. **04/30/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652&version=20130SB65297AMD)
4. **07/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652&version=20130SB65296AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652&version=20130SB65295AMD)
6. **09/30/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652&version=20130SB65293CHP)
7. **SB652** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652)
8. **09/06/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB652&version=20130SB65294ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #5 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 652 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB652 DeSaulnier Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 852.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 973.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-06-18** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-05** From consent calendar.
- **2013-08-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-26** Read third time and amended. (Page 2699.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2829.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2137.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** (Corrected September 9).
- **2013-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 431, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e80c3bbb-a3c9-4acf-845f-70e44ee464fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).