Bill Commons

CA AB 1957

enacted

Mortgages: foreclosure.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1957 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1957 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-18): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1957 about?

Existing law provides that a trustee's sale of property under a power of sale contained in a deed of trust or mortgage on real property containing one to 4 residential units is not final until the earliest of various time periods. Existing law provides specified eligible bidders, defined to include eligible tenant buyers, prospective owner-occupants, and eligible nonprofit corporations with certain attributes, various rights in connection with those sales, and sets forth procedures for eligible bidders to submit bids after those sales. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General, a county counsel, a city attorney, or a district attorney to bring an action to enforce these provisions as specified. This bill would instead provide that a trustee's sale of eligible property, as defined, is not final until the earliest of various time periods. The bill would change the term "eligible tenant buyer" to "eligible tenant bidder," and would redefine the term "eligible bidder" to remove prospective owner-occupants and to mean an eligible tenant bidder or an eligible community bidder, as defined. The bill would add an additional attribute to the eligible nonprofit corporations portion of "eligible community bidder." The bill would authorize the persons described above to seek a civil penalty to enforce these provisions, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes.

Who sponsors CA AB 1957?

Pacheco is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1957.

Description

Existing law provides that a trustee's sale of property under a power of sale contained in a deed of trust or mortgage on real property containing one to 4 residential units is not final until the earliest of various time periods. Existing law provides specified eligible bidders, defined to include eligible tenant buyers, prospective owner-occupants, and eligible nonprofit corporations with certain attributes, various rights in connection with those sales, and sets forth procedures for eligible bidders to submit bids after those sales. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General, a county counsel, a city attorney, or a district attorney to bring an action to enforce these provisions as specified. This bill would instead provide that a trustee's sale of eligible property, as defined, is not final until the earliest of various time periods. The bill would change the term "eligible tenant buyer" to "eligible tenant bidder," and would redefine the term "eligible bidder" to remove prospective owner-occupants and to mean an eligible tenant bidder or an eligible community bidder, as defined. The bill would add an additional attribute to the eligible nonprofit corporations portion of "eligible community bidder." The bill would authorize the persons described above to seek a civil penalty to enforce these provisions, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes.

Introduced
2026-03-27
Latest action
2026-09-18 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pachecoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-18

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 279, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-18

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-25

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. 2026-08-19

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0.).

  5. 2026-08-19

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6249.).

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  6. 2026-08-17

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

  7. 2026-08-17

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-17

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5496.).

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  9. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-03

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  11. 2026-08-03

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2026-07-07

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2026-07-07

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30).

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  14. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  15. 2026-05-27

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  16. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1.)

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  17. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 5290.)

  18. 2026-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2026-05-07

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4973.)

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  20. 2026-05-06

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  21. 2026-04-22

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  22. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. 2026-04-06

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  24. 2026-03-27

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

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  25. 2026-03-16

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  26. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  27. 2026-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  28. 2026-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/13/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-13Compare
  • 03/27/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-27Compare
  • 05/07/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-07Compare
  • 07/07/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-07Compare
  • 08/03/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-03Compare
  • 08/21/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-21Compare
  • 09/18/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-18Compare
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  • AB1957Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-07 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bryan: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Arambula: other

  • AB 1957 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-26 · pass · 70-1

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: no
    • Hart: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Addis: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Jackson: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Garcia: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-30 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Durazo: yes

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1957

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