Real property transactions: Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura wildfires: unsolicited offers.
Existing law regulates sale transactions of real property. On January 7, 2025, the Governor proclaimed a state of emergency to exist in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura due to fire and windstorm conditions that caused multiple fires. Executive Order No. N-7-25, signed by the Governor on January 14, 2025, prohibited a buyer from making an unsolicited offer to an owner of real property located in specified ZIP Codes in the County of Los Angeles to purchase the real property for an amount less than what the fair market value of the property was on January 6, 2025. Executive Order No. N-17-25 expanded that prohibition to include real properties in additional specified ZIP Codes. Subsequent executive orders extended the prohibition until July 1, 2025. Existing law makes a violation of the executive order a misdemeanor, as specified.
California AB 851 (20252026) — Real property transactions: Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura wildfires: unsolicited offers.
Existing law regulates sale transactions of real property. On January 7, 2025, the Governor proclaimed a state of emergency to exist in the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura due to fire and windstorm conditions that caused multiple fires. Executive Order No. N-7-25, signed by the Governor on January 14, 2025, prohibited a buyer from making an unsolicited offer to an owner of real property located in specified ZIP Codes in the County of Los Angeles to purchase the real property for an amount less than what the fair market value of the property was on January 6, 2025. Executive Order No. N-17-25 expanded that prohibition to include real properties in additional specified ZIP Codes. Subsequent executive orders extended the prohibition until July 1, 2025. Existing law makes a violation of the executive order a misdemeanor, as specified.
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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 [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McKinnor — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-03-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2025-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 1858.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2025-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2814.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 3303.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 535, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bcc722e-581b-4e21-84ca-e1abe90d19a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).