republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-310.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgages: foreclosure notices: title companies."
description: "Existing law requires a mortgage servicer, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent to, among other things, contact the borrower prior to filing a notice of default to explore options for the borrower to avoid foreclosure, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, prohibits a mortgage servicer, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent from recording a notice of default if a foreclosure prevention alternative is approved in writing prior to the recordation of a notice of default under certain circumstances. Existing law, operative January 1, 2018, prohibits a mortgage servicer, trustee, mortgagee, beneficiary, or authorized agent from recording a notice of sale or conducting a trustee's sale while a foreclosure prevention alternative application submitted by the borrower is pending, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, prohibits a mortgage servicer, trustee, mortgagee, beneficiary, or authorized agent from recording a notice of default, notice of sale, or conducting a trustee's sale while a complete first lien loan modification application submitted by the borrower is pending, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes a borrower to bring an action for injunctive relief to enjoin a material violation of certain of these provisions if a trustee's deed of sale has not been recorded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 310"
citation: "California SB 310 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mortgages: foreclosure notices: title companies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87d55b3b-083c-4028-b6e4-bd83dd54cded"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB310"
source_hash: "b8806072135f1fcb856942f4c1a8543d1914eae13c470f285e3fe0cf0a36b43a"
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 310 (20132014) — Mortgages: foreclosure notices: title companies.

Existing law requires a mortgage servicer, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent to, among other things, contact the borrower prior to filing a notice of default to explore options for the borrower to avoid foreclosure, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, prohibits a mortgage servicer, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent from recording a notice of default if a foreclosure prevention alternative is approved in writing prior to the recordation of a notice of default under certain circumstances. Existing law, operative January 1, 2018, prohibits a mortgage servicer, trustee, mortgagee, beneficiary, or authorized agent from recording a notice of sale or conducting a trustee's sale while a foreclosure prevention alternative application submitted by the borrower is pending, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, prohibits a mortgage servicer, trustee, mortgagee, beneficiary, or authorized agent from recording a notice of default, notice of sale, or conducting a trustee's sale while a complete first lien loan modification application submitted by the borrower is pending, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes a borrower to bring an action for injunctive relief to enjoin a material violation of certain of these provisions if a trustee's deed of sale has not been recorded.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB310&version=20130SB31099INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB310&version=20130SB31098AMD)
3. **04/22/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB310&version=20130SB31097AMD)
4. **05/14/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB310&version=20130SB31096AMD)
5. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB310&version=20130SB31094CHP)
6. **SB310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB310)
7. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB310&version=20130SB31095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 310 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2013-04-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 590.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 852.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 948.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Referred to Coms. on B. & F. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2671.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 251, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87d55b3b-083c-4028-b6e4-bd83dd54cded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).