republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-4.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgages."
description: "Existing law requires a lender to file a notice of default in the case of nonjudicial foreclosure prior to enforcing a power of sale as a result of a default on an obligation secured by real property, as specified. Existing law also requires that a notice of sale be given before the power of sale may be exercised. Existing law requires the notice of sale to contain specified information regarding the property and the sale, and to be recorded with the county recorder, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "California SB 4 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mortgages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a169d26-c12b-4a76-8a88-07aae970b10e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB4"
source_hash: "e792f102e976d4eb45b2ef073b16f801fccc0285fc5613dfd822240a6296d69b"
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 4 (20112012) — Mortgages.

Existing law requires a lender to file a notice of default in the case of nonjudicial foreclosure prior to enforcing a power of sale as a result of a default on an obligation secured by real property, as specified. Existing law also requires that a notice of sale be given before the power of sale may be exercised. Existing law requires the notice of sale to contain specified information regarding the property and the sale, and to be recorded with the county recorder, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB4&version=20110SB499INT)
2. **03/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB4&version=20110SB498AMD)
3. **04/07/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB4&version=20110SB497AMD)
4. **06/21/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB4&version=20110SB496AMD)
5. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB4&version=20110SB494CHP)
6. **SB4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB4)
7. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB4&version=20110SB495ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #7 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #2 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Banking and Finance with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 4 Calderon Senate Third Reading By ENG — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)
- Vargas — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-03** (Corrected March 4.)
- **2011-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 764.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 908.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2252.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-07-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1914.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 229, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a169d26-c12b-4a76-8a88-07aae970b10e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).