republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2039.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property sales: auctions."
description: "Existing law regulates the activities of auctioneers and auction companies and prohibits, with a certain exception, a person from causing or allowing any person to bid at a sale for the sole purpose of increasing the bid on any item or items being sold by the auctioneer. Existing law defines an auction in this regard and excepts from this definition a sale of real estate. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor generally punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than a year, unless another penalty is specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2039"
citation: "California AB 2039 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real property sales: auctions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b824d6b2-81d3-48be-a372-be4e587a0c1a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039"
source_hash: "704ccbf5181f1d6a1a8ddc9889e88e3d8eb218e4b203cdda7f1f5a2f70170445"
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 AB 2039 (20132014) — Real property sales: auctions.

Existing law regulates the activities of auctioneers and auction companies and prohibits, with a certain exception, a person from causing or allowing any person to bid at a sale for the sole purpose of increasing the bid on any item or items being sold by the auctioneer. Existing law defines an auction in this regard and excepts from this definition a sale of real estate. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor generally punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than a year, unless another penalty is specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039&version=20130AB203999INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039&version=20130AB203998AMD)
3. **06/09/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039&version=20130AB203997AMD)
4. **06/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039&version=20130AB203996AMD)
5. **08/21/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039&version=20130AB203995AMD)
6. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039&version=20130AB203993CHP)
7. **AB2039** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039)
8. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2039&version=20130AB203994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2039 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2039 Muratsuchi By Jackson — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2039 MURATSUCHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Muratsuchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4752.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4853.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6550.)
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6563.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 893, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b824d6b2-81d3-48be-a372-be4e587a0c1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).