State of emergency: mortgage servicers: disasters.
Existing law generally regulates mortgages and mortgage servicers, as defined, including the transfer of servicing a borrower's debt to a subsequent mortgage servicer. Existing law provides that a covenant made by an owner or grantee of land to do or refrain from doing some act on the owner's or grantee's land, which doing or refraining is expressed to be for the benefit of the covenantee, is a covenant that runs with the land granted to the covenantor if specified requirements are met. The California Emergency Services Act establishes the effect of a proclamation of a state of emergency, as defined, or a local emergency, as defined.
California SB 455 (20232024) — State of emergency: mortgage servicers: disasters.
Existing law generally regulates mortgages and mortgage servicers, as defined, including the transfer of servicing a borrower's debt to a subsequent mortgage servicer. Existing law provides that a covenant made by an owner or grantee of land to do or refrain from doing some act on the owner's or grantee's land, which doing or refraining is expressed to be for the benefit of the covenantee, is a covenant that runs with the land granted to the covenantor if specified requirements are met. The California Emergency Services Act establishes the effect of a proclamation of a state of emergency, as defined, or a local emergency, as defined.
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] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
SB 455 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Grayson — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
McGuire — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-29 Re-referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 19.
2023-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 830.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 2.
2023-05-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 1011.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-08 From consent calendar on motion of Senator McGuire.
2023-05-08 Ordered to third reading.
2023-05-25 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-25 Ordered to second reading.
2023-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1408.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-15 Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-07-13 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan.
2023-07-13 Ordered to third reading.
2023-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2830.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-29 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-05 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-09-07 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 873, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd2ad41f-6ee8-4e69-bea3-66f789e0dabe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).