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Bill	Transfer of real property: transfer fees.	Existing law generally regulates the transfer of real property, including by prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2019, the creation of a transfer fee, except as provided. Existing law defines "transfer fee" to mean, subject to certain exceptions, a fee payment requirement imposed within a covenant, restriction, or condition contained in a deed, contract, security instrument, or other document affecting the transfer or sale of, or any interest in, real property that requires a fee be paid as a result of transfer of the real property.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 1399	California SB 1399 (20232024)	bill	Transfer of real property transfer fees	enacted	Stern	5	19	5	2024-02-16	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d111b178-ed81-43a6-ad9d-365a2e984085	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1399	d70cfb801abec52579090c4964d63d2818fde5641e80596c532f27388caa646b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1399 (20232024) — Transfer of real property: transfer fees.

Existing law generally regulates the transfer of real property, including by prohibiting, on or after January 1, 2019, the creation of a transfer fee, except as provided. Existing law defines "transfer fee" to mean, subject to certain exceptions, a fee payment requirement imposed within a covenant, restriction, or condition contained in a deed, contract, security instrument, or other document affecting the transfer or sale of, or any interest in, real property that requires a fee be paid as a result of transfer of the real property.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/25/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1399 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1399 Stern Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
• 2024-02-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-04-12 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3820.) (April 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4017.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-05-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6251.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2024-08-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5083.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 475, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d111b178-ed81-43a6-ad9d-365a2e984085. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).