republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-474.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Auctions."
description: "Existing law regulates the activities of auctioneers and auction companies and, on and after July 1, 2015, with respect to an auction that includes the sale of real property, prohibits a person from causing or allowing any person to bid at a sale for the sole purpose of increasing the bid on any real property being sold by the auctioneer, including stating an increased bid greater than that offered by the last highest bidder was made when no person actually made an increased bid. Existing law excepts from the application of these provisions a credit bid made by a creditor with a security interest in the property that is the subject of auction when the credit bid can result in the transfer of title to property to the creditor. Existing law provides that anyone who violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 474"
citation: "California SB 474 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Auctions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ce4f4e0-97b0-494c-805e-966ef7ae5a17"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB474"
source_hash: "314c83de1b8f6df5691e4faeae567da36093ce848f9ec76c4bd512c1e2dcc845"
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 474 (20152016) — Auctions.

Existing law regulates the activities of auctioneers and auction companies and, on and after July 1, 2015, with respect to an auction that includes the sale of real property, prohibits a person from causing or allowing any person to bid at a sale for the sole purpose of increasing the bid on any real property being sold by the auctioneer, including stating an increased bid greater than that offered by the last highest bidder was made when no person actually made an increased bid. Existing law excepts from the application of these provisions a credit bid made by a creditor with a security interest in the property that is the subject of auction when the credit bid can result in the transfer of title to property to the creditor. Existing law provides that anyone who violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB474&version=20150SB47499INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB474&version=20150SB47498AMD)
3. **07/09/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB474&version=20150SB47497AMD)
4. **09/28/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB474&version=20150SB47495CHP)
5. **SB474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB474)
6. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB474&version=20150SB47496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #9 (Urgency Clause) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 474 Wieckowski Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 921.) (May 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2638.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2377.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 354, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ce4f4e0-97b0-494c-805e-966ef7ae5a17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).