CA AB 493

enacted

Mortgages: hazard insurance proceeds.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law, the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act, regulates persons engaging in the business of making residential mortgage loans or servicing of residential mortgage loans, as administered by the Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation. A willful violation of any provision of the act constitutes a crime, as specified. The act requires a trust account to be placed in a non-interest-bearing account in a federally insured depository institution, a federal home loan bank, or other similar government-sponsored enterprise, except as specified. This bill would authorize a financial institution, as defined, to deposit hazard insurance proceeds in an interest-bearing account in a federally insured depository institution, a federal home loan bank, a federal reserve bank, or another similar government-sponsored enterprise. Existing law requires a financial institution that makes loans upon the security of real property containing only a one- to four-family residence in this state or purchases obligations secured by the property and that receives money in advance for payment of taxes and assessments on the property, for insurance, or for other purposes relating to the property to pay interest on those amounts to the borrower, as specified. Existing law prohibits those financial institutions from imposing any fee or charge in connection with the maintenance or disbursement of money received in advance for the payment of taxes and assessments on real property securing loans made by the financial institution, or for the payment of insurance, or for other purposes relating to that real property, which would result in an interest rate of less than 2% per annum being paid on the moneys received. Existing law defines the term financial institution for purposes of those provisions to include, among other things, savings associations. This bill would require a financial institution that makes loans or purchases obligations as described above and that holds hazard insurance proceeds in a loss draft account pending property rebuilding or repair to pay interest on those funds at a rate of at least 2% simple interest per annum, except as specified. The bill would require that interest to start accruing on the effective date of the bill, as specified. The bill would prohibit those financial institutions from imposing any fee or charge in connection with the maintenance or disbursement of hazard insurance proceeds held in a loss draft account pending rebuilding or repair of the real property that would result in an interest rate of less than 2% per annum being paid on the amounts held. The bill would specify that the above provisions do not apply to hazard insurance proceeds held in a loss draft account that are required by a state or federal regulatory authority to be placed by a financial institution other than a bank in a non-interest-bearing demand trust fund account of a bank. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced: 2025-03-10
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-10
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-11
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on B.&F.
referral-committee
2025-03-10
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.&F. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-11
Re-referred to Com. on B.&F.
referral-committee
2025-03-13
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 616.)
2025-03-13
(Pending re-refer to Com. on APPR.)
referral-committee
2025-03-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-03-19
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 19).
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2025-03-20
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-03-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-04-01
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
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2025-04-02
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-07
Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-06-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-25
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24).
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2025-06-26
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-14
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-15
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-17
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.).
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2025-07-17
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-18
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2652.).
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2025-08-25
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-08-29
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-08-29
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
03/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-10Compare
03/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-20Compare
06/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-26Compare
08/25/25 - Enrolled — 2025-08-25Compare
08/29/25 - Chaptered — 2025-08-29Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-18 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Dixon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Soria: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-03-19 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hart: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 493 Harabedian Third Reading Urgency
2025-04-01 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Patel: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Chen: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Essayli: yes
- Lee: yes
- Flora: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Haney: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bains: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Krell: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Hart: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Davies: other
- Alvarez: other
- Wicks: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-06-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Niello: yes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-06-24 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Niello: yes
- Laird: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: other
Consent Calendar 2nd AB493 Harabedian et al. Urgency Clause
2025-07-17 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Limón: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Laird: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Stern: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Allen: yes
- Grove: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: other
- Becker: other
- Padilla: other
- Reyes: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
AB 493 Harabedian Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-08-18 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Ransom: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Dixon: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Soria: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Papan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Patel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Addis: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Flora: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Krell: yes
- Berman: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Fong: yes
- Davies: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Chen: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Haney: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Solache: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bonta: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other

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