The California Residential Mortgage Lending Act: lenders: licensees.
Existing law defines specified terms for purposes of the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act, which generally prohibits a person from engaging in the business of making residential mortgage loans or servicing residential mortgage loans without first obtaining a license from the Commissioner of Business Oversight in accordance with the act. Existing law defines a lender as a person who is an approved lender for the Federal Housing Administration, the Veterans Administration, the Farmers Home Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, who directly makes residential mortgage loans, and who makes the credit decision in the loan transactions. Existing law requires a licensee issued a license for purposes of making or servicing residential mortgage loans to continuously maintain a minimum tangible net worth of $250,000.
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SB 657
California SB 657 (20152016)
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The California Residential Mortgage Lending Act: lenders: licensees.
California SB 657 (20152016) — The California Residential Mortgage Lending Act: lenders: licensees.
Existing law defines specified terms for purposes of the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act, which generally prohibits a person from engaging in the business of making residential mortgage loans or servicing residential mortgage loans without first obtaining a license from the Commissioner of Business Oversight in accordance with the act. Existing law defines a lender as a person who is an approved lender for the Federal Housing Administration, the Veterans Administration, the Farmers Home Administration, the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, who directly makes residential mortgage loans, and who makes the credit decision in the loan transactions. Existing law requires a licensee issued a license for purposes of making or servicing residential mortgage loans to continuously maintain a minimum tangible net worth of $250,000.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
SB 657 Berryhill, T. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Berryhill — primary (person)
Cooley — coauthor (person)
Dababneh — principal coauthor (person)
Pan — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2015-04-21 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
2015-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee
2015-04-23 Set for hearing April 27.
2015-04-27 April 27 hearing postponed by committee.
2015-06-05 Set for hearing June 16.
2015-06-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 1452.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-06-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-26 Set for hearing July 6.
2015-07-06 July 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-08-21 Set for hearing August 27.
2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2216.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-31 Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
2015-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2246.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-13 Referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee
2016-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-08-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5778.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2016-08-15 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4954.) Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. referral-committee, committee-passage
2016-08-16 Set for hearing August 17.
2016-08-17 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 5077.) committee-passage
2016-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5427.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2016-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 797, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67cf04ae-8754-4e48-9d26-ca5564dcfc1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).