republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-1148.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure."
description: "Existing law prescribes a process pursuant to which a power of sale contained in a mortgage or deed of trust may be exercised, including publication of a specified notice of sale in a particular manner. Existing law requires that the first publication be at least 20 days before the date of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city in which the property or some part of it is situated, and if the property is not situated in a city, then in a newspaper of general circulation published in the public notice district in which the property or some part of it is situated. If a newspaper of general circulation is not published in the city or public notice district, the notice is to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property or some part of it is situated, subject to further conditions. Existing law prescribes specific public notice districts throughout the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 1148"
citation: "California SB 1148 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b36a366-6147-4324-80ba-e4b5cb8e0d95"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1148"
source_hash: "8b2f9060f7f2a6acb3dcb8489daf8d5dd478cdb119ed0d598154e3ed883fae13"
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 1148 (20192020) — Mortgages and deeds of trust: foreclosure.

Existing law prescribes a process pursuant to which a power of sale contained in a mortgage or deed of trust may be exercised, including publication of a specified notice of sale in a particular manner. Existing law requires that the first publication be at least 20 days before the date of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city in which the property or some part of it is situated, and if the property is not situated in a city, then in a newspaper of general circulation published in the public notice district in which the property or some part of it is situated. If a newspaper of general circulation is not published in the city or public notice district, the notice is to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property or some part of it is situated, subject to further conditions. Existing law prescribes specific public notice districts throughout the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1148&version=20190SB114899INT)
2. **05/26/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1148&version=20190SB114898AMD)
3. **08/24/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1148&version=20190SB114897AMD)
4. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1148&version=20190SB114895CHP)
5. **SB1148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1148)
6. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1148&version=20190SB114896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB1148 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1148 Jones Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1148 Jones Senate Third Reading By Ramos — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-12** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2020-05-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3584.) (May 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3681.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-09** July 22 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-07-27** July 30 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5287.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-31** From special consent calendar on motion of Senator Grove.
- **2020-08-31** Ordered to unfinished business.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 203, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b36a366-6147-4324-80ba-e4b5cb8e0d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).