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type: "Bill"
title: "County recorders: notification."
description: "Existing law establishes the office of county recorder and requires the county recorder to accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required to be recorded, subject to the collection of specified fees. Existing law requires the county recorder to maintain various indices of specified documents and records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "California SB 255 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Countyrecorders", "notification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8c272e9-ece5-46f6-926e-ceaede53bc0c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB255"
source_hash: "e5de91492543a5ff0e5a2182f31e8e0c15ef77639a16290363b4e1493dd9f86c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 255 (20252026) — County recorders: notification.
Existing law establishes the office of county recorder and requires the county recorder to accept for recordation any instrument, paper, or notice that is authorized or required to be recorded, subject to the collection of specified fees. Existing law requires the county recorder to maintain various indices of specified documents and records.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/03/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB255&version=20250SB25599INT)
2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB255&version=20250SB25598AMD)
3. **06/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB255&version=20250SB25597AMD)
4. **08/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB255&version=20250SB25596AMD)
5. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB255&version=20250SB25594CHP)
6. **SB255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB255)
7. **09/13/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB255&version=20250SB25595ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **100** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **130** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **400** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **360** (pass) · upper
- SB 255 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Lackey — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 255 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **120** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Seyarto — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2025-02-14** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2025-03-13** March 19 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-03-24** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2025-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 833.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2025-05-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-29** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-17** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-08-18** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2025-08-19** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2025-08-21** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-08-27** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2818.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2928.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 351, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8c272e9-ece5-46f6-926e-ceaede53bc0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).