Existing law allows various fees to be included in the price of a residential real estate transfer. Existing law defines a "transfer fee" with respect to real property as a fee payment requirement imposed in any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other document affecting the transfer or sale of real property that requires a fee be paid upon transfer of the real property, with specified exceptions.
California AB 3041 (20172018) — Real estate transfer fees: prohibition.
Existing law allows various fees to be included in the price of a residential real estate transfer. Existing law defines a "transfer fee" with respect to real property as a fee payment requirement imposed in any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in any deed, contract, security instrument, or other document affecting the transfer or sale of real property that requires a fee be paid upon transfer of the real property, with specified exceptions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 3041 CUNNINGHAM Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB3041 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Cunningham — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2018-03-15 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-04-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-05-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5002.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5277.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-14 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2018-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42505e82-e2e1-4bb2-a594-8ba58d0363e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).