(1) Existing law prescribes various requirements to be satisfied before the exercise of a power of sale under a mortgage or deed of trust. In this regard, existing law requires that a notice of default and a notice of sale be recorded and that specified periods of time elapse between the recordings and the sale. Certain laws enacted in 2012 and repealed on January 1, 2018, commonly referred to as the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, established a variety of requirements in connection with foreclosures on mortgages and deeds of trust, including restrictions on mortgage servicers actions while a borrower is attempting to secure a loan modification or has submitted a loan modification application. The foreclosure provisions of the act were generally limited to first lien mortgages and deeds of trust on owner-occupied residences, as specified.
California SB 818 (20172018) — Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure.
(1) Existing law prescribes various requirements to be satisfied before the exercise of a power of sale under a mortgage or deed of trust. In this regard, existing law requires that a notice of default and a notice of sale be recorded and that specified periods of time elapse between the recordings and the sale. Certain laws enacted in 2012 and repealed on January 1, 2018, commonly referred to as the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, established a variety of requirements in connection with foreclosures on mortgages and deeds of trust, including restrictions on mortgage servicers actions while a borrower is attempting to secure a loan modification or has submitted a loan modification application. The foreclosure provisions of the act were generally limited to first lien mortgages and deeds of trust on owner-occupied residences, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
[04-25-2018] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB818 Beall et al. Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Atkins — coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
Cunningham — coauthor (person)
Galgiani — coauthor (person)
Hill — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Leyva — coauthor (person)
Low — coauthor (person)
Mitchell — coauthor (person)
Mullin — coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-01-03 (Corrected March 20).
2018-01-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
2018-01-16 Referred to Coms. on I., B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-03-15 Withdrawn from committee.
2018-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-03-15 Re-referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-03-16 Set for hearing April 4.
2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4532.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 24.
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4812.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-25 April 24 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4812.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
2018-05-07 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5008.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-10 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-05-17 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-26 Coauthors revised.
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6309.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-20 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5420.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 404, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09bfa811-5126-4915-8c6a-1c665b56b0f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).