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Bill	Real estate records: unlawful destruction.	Existing law requires a licensed real estate broker to retain for 3 years copies of all listings, deposit receipts, canceled checks, trust records, and other documents executed by him or her or obtained by him or her in connection with any transactions for which a real estate broker license is required. Existing law provides that after notice, the books, accounts, and records shall be made available for examination, inspection, and copying by the Real Estate Commissioner or his or her designated representative during regular business hours, and shall, upon the appearance of sufficient cause, be subject to audit without further notice, except that the audit shall not be harassing in nature. Existing law provides that any person who willfully violates or knowingly participates in the violation of these provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor with specified penalties.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 676	California SB 676 (20132014)	bill	Real estate records: unlawful destruction.	enacted	Block	8	36	8	2013-02-22	2013-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/3d4b6f4f-2e50-4b3b-aa72-04226e956977	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB676	95cd8e7208aa4a4fd46ea58e12e1b84777e23645605dcf194982cd7efa1631b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 676 (20132014) — Real estate records: unlawful destruction.

Existing law requires a licensed real estate broker to retain for 3 years copies of all listings, deposit receipts, canceled checks, trust records, and other documents executed by him or her or obtained by him or her in connection with any transactions for which a real estate broker license is required. Existing law provides that after notice, the books, accounts, and records shall be made available for examination, inspection, and copying by the Real Estate Commissioner or his or her designated representative during regular business hours, and shall, upon the appearance of sufficient cause, be subject to audit without further notice, except that the audit shall not be harassing in nature. Existing law provides that any person who willfully violates or knowingly participates in the violation of these provisions is guilty of a misdemeanor with specified penalties.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/14/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/30/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/24/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB676 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/06/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Banking and Finance to Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #6 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 676 Block Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB676 Block Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Block — 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
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2013-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 464.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-23 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2013-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2013-04-25 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 734.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-10 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2013-05-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-20 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2013-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1118.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-06-17 Referred to Coms. on B.,P. & C.P. and B. & F. referral-committee
• 2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-21 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-26 From consent calendar.
• 2013-08-26 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-08-30 Read third time and amended. (Page 2795.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2843.) 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
• 2013-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 349, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d4b6f4f-2e50-4b3b-aa72-04226e956977. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).