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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)
enacted
5
19
4
2018-02-05
2018-08-27
openstates
ocd-bill/1f1f739f-3793-4720-8048-29b3e0d38a85
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB988
4d05fdffabfd226b191d676b74b7144890391776215fc9b766dbc17ae70256f5
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump
2026-07-06
reported
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.
02/05/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
05/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
08/27/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
SB988 (committee substitute) — source
08/10/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
Do pass. — 14– 2 (pass) · lower
SB 988 Galgiani Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA — 59– 5 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 9– 0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 38– 0 (pass) · upper
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).