republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-983.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgages and deeds of trust."
description: "Existing law requires a mortgagee, beneficiary, or authorized agent to record a rescission of a notice of default or cancel a pending trustee sale, if applicable, upon the borrower executing a permanent foreclosure prevention alternative. Existing law, in the case of a short sale, requires the rescission or cancellation of the pending trustee's sale to occur when the short sale has been approved and proof of funds or financing has been provided, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 983"
citation: "California SB 983 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mortgages and deeds of trust."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-10"
last_action: "2016-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba5c740e-45c8-4402-901d-6529f9a6b408"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB983"
source_hash: "16a3867f6fabfabe81f11dd100fb4a74ea8e3fa13b42ea37180c9260a876aeb4"
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 983 (20152016) — Mortgages and deeds of trust.

Existing law requires a mortgagee, beneficiary, or authorized agent to record a rescission of a notice of default or cancel a pending trustee sale, if applicable, upon the borrower executing a permanent foreclosure prevention alternative. Existing law, in the case of a short sale, requires the rescission or cancellation of the pending trustee's sale to occur when the short sale has been approved and proof of funds or financing has been provided, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB983&version=20150SB98399INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB983&version=20150SB98398AMD)
3. **05/03/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB983&version=20150SB98397AMD)
4. **05/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB983&version=20150SB98396AMD)
5. **08/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB983&version=20150SB98394CHP)
6. **SB983** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB983)
7. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB983&version=20150SB98395ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 983 Morrell Senate Third Reading By WAGNER — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3700.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-05-09** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3957.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 5705.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 170, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba5c740e-45c8-4402-901d-6529f9a6b408`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).