republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-379.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Manufactured housing: removal."
description: "Existing law requires the installation of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular as a fixture or improvement to real property to comply with specified provisions. Existing law requires an enforcement agency to record with the county recorder of the county where real property is situated, on the same day that the certificate of occupancy for a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular is issued by the appropriate enforcement agency, that the real property has been installed upon, a document naming the owner of the real property, describing the real property with certainty, and stating that a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular has been affixed to the real property by installation on a foundation system, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 379"
citation: "California AB 379 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Manufactured housing: removal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1236798-b708-4ddd-87db-c644d8738db5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB379"
source_hash: "413b6b3155f7758978e9a68d3cab1397856681cf913e388cea5d9fef42c42852"
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 379 (20132014) — Manufactured housing: removal.

Existing law requires the installation of a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular as a fixture or improvement to real property to comply with specified provisions. Existing law requires an enforcement agency to record with the county recorder of the county where real property is situated, on the same day that the certificate of occupancy for a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular is issued by the appropriate enforcement agency, that the real property has been installed upon, a document naming the owner of the real property, describing the real property with certainty, and stating that a manufactured home, mobilehome, or commercial modular has been affixed to the real property by installation on a foundation system, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB379&version=20130AB37999INT)
2. **03/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB379&version=20130AB37998AMD)
3. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB379&version=20130AB37997AMD)
4. **06/12/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB379&version=20130AB37996AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB379&version=20130AB37994CHP)
6. **AB379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB379)
7. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB379&version=20130AB37995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 379 BROWN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB379 Brown By Torres — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 379 BROWN Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 884.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** From consent calendar.
- **2013-06-10** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-06-12** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1689.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2463.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1236798-b708-4ddd-87db-c644d8738db5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).