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Bill Home inspectors. Existing law regulates a person who performs certain home inspections for a fee in connection with a transfer of real property. Existing law provides that it is the duty of a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, or registered as a professional engineer to conduct a home inspection with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 SB 988 California SB 988 (20172018)
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California SB 988 (20172018) — Home inspectors.

Existing law regulates a person who performs certain home inspections for a fee in connection with a transfer of real property. Existing law provides that it is the duty of a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, or registered as a professional engineer to conduct a home inspection with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/05/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 05/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 08/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB988 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/10/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. — 142 (pass) · lower
  • SB 988 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA — 595 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass — 90 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Galgiani — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
  • 2018-02-14 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
  • 2018-03-20 Set for hearing April 2.
  • 2018-04-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4496.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2018-04-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-05-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2018-05-03 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2018-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-05-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5007.) 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 Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
  • 2018-06-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2018-06-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 5. Page 6216.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-09 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  • 2018-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  • 2018-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 225, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f1f739f-3793-4720-8048-29b3e0d38a85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).