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Bill	Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission.	Existing law authorizes a buyer to rescind a home solicitation contract or offer, as defined, within a limited period of time if specified requirements are met. Under existing law, a contract or offer, subject to approval, for the sale, lease, or rental of a water treatment device is deemed a home solicitation contract or offer. Existing law prohibits a water treatment device or any other materials that are the subject of a home solicitation contract or offer from being delivered or installed, or other services performed, until the expiration of the rescission period, as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 981	California SB 981 (20172018)	bill	Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission.	enacted	Dodd	6	29	7	2018-02-01	2018-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/bb044a56-d0d5-4cf4-af33-90c54e31e3b6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB981	d0bd2a7b359baee5bd5e0abfe1cbe51d0c5fb32dd8665c270e6d752e5704b00c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 981 (20172018) — Home solicitation contract or offer: water treatment devices: rescission.

Existing law authorizes a buyer to rescind a home solicitation contract or offer, as defined, within a limited period of time if specified requirements are met. Under existing law, a contract or offer, subject to approval, for the sale, lease, or rental of a water treatment device is deemed a home solicitation contract or offer. Existing law prohibits a water treatment device or any other materials that are the subject of a home solicitation contract or offer from being delivered or installed, or other services performed, until the expiration of the rescission period, as provided. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/01/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/23/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB981 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB981 Dodd Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 981 Dodd Senate Third Reading By RUBIO — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-01 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2018-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4588.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-11 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2018-04-11 April 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2018-04-12 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2018-04-16 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
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4814.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-02 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 38. Noes 0. Page 5008.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-10 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-05-25 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). 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 From consent calendar.
• 2018-08-16 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6585.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 932, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bb044a56-d0d5-4cf4-af33-90c54e31e3b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).