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Bill	Real estate: environmental hazards: thirdhand smoke.	Existing law requires that specified disclosures be made upon any transfer by sale, exchange, real property sales contract, lease with an option to purchase, any other option to purchase, or ground lease coupled with improvements, of any single-family residential property.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 455	California AB 455 (20252026)	bill	Realestate environmentalhazards thirdhandsmoke	enacted	Ortega	6	22	8	2025-02-06	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/2cd3651b-8cc3-4582-bd55-c575a2bac694	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB455	1544950e2f12039fc7b5845f396721a873de43f2bf1ea00976c3600697c73e68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 455 (20252026) — Real estate: environmental hazards: thirdhand smoke.

Existing law requires that specified disclosures be made upon any transfer by sale, exchange, real property sales contract, lease with an option to purchase, any other option to purchase, or ground lease coupled with improvements, of any single-family residential property.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB455 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 455 Ortega Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB455 Ortega By Menjivar — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 455 Ortega Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ortega — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2025-03-17 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and E.S & T.M. referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S & T.M. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on E.S & T.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1662.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2461.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2931.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 263, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cd3651b-8cc3-4582-bd55-c575a2bac694. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).