Bill Commons

CA AB 2174

enacted

Mobilehomes and manufactured housing: registration and titling documentation.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2174 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2174 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2174 about?

Existing law, the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980, requires specified persons, including legal owners and junior lienholders of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial modulars, to execute and deliver prescribed documents to the Department of Housing and Community Development to create, assign, or release security interests and to effect changes to the permanent title record maintained by the department. Existing law requires the department, upon receipt of those documents and applicable fees, to amend its records and issue updated certificates or registration documents and provides remedies if a secured party fails to release its interest as required. Existing law authorizes the use of a digital signature in any written communication with a public entity, as defined, in which a signature is required or used. Existing law provides that a digital signature shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature only if it embodies certain attributes, including, among other things, that it is under the sole control of the person using it. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2028, to accept a verified signature executed electronically on a document submitted to release or satisfy a security interest held by a legal owner pursuant to the above-described provisions of the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 and to treat that signature as having the same force and effect as an original signature. The bill would define "verified signature executed electronically" as a digital signature that embodies all of the above-described attributes required to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature. The bill would prohibit the department from requiring submission of a wet signature to release or satisfy a legal owner's security interest pursuant to the above-described provisions of the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980.

Who sponsors CA AB 2174?

Johnson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2174.

Description

Existing law, the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980, requires specified persons, including legal owners and junior lienholders of manufactured homes, mobilehomes, or commercial modulars, to execute and deliver prescribed documents to the Department of Housing and Community Development to create, assign, or release security interests and to effect changes to the permanent title record maintained by the department. Existing law requires the department, upon receipt of those documents and applicable fees, to amend its records and issue updated certificates or registration documents and provides remedies if a secured party fails to release its interest as required. Existing law authorizes the use of a digital signature in any written communication with a public entity, as defined, in which a signature is required or used. Existing law provides that a digital signature shall have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature only if it embodies certain attributes, including, among other things, that it is under the sole control of the person using it. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2028, to accept a verified signature executed electronically on a document submitted to release or satisfy a security interest held by a legal owner pursuant to the above-described provisions of the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980 and to treat that signature as having the same force and effect as an original signature. The bill would define "verified signature executed electronically" as a digital signature that embodies all of the above-described attributes required to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature. The bill would prohibit the department from requiring submission of a wet signature to release or satisfy a legal owner's security interest pursuant to the above-described provisions of the Manufactured Housing Act of 1980.

Introduced
2026-04-23
Latest action
2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Johnsonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-20

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-20

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

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

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-27

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-08-26

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

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  6. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  8. 2026-08-13

    In committee: Reconsideration of a favorable vote granted.

  9. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  10. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2026-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  12. 2026-05-27

    Referred to Coms. on HOUSING and JUD.

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  13. 2026-05-14

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

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  14. 2026-05-14

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5054.)

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  15. 2026-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  16. 2026-05-06

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

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  17. 2026-04-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2026-04-27

    Read second time and amended.

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  19. 2026-04-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  20. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

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  21. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  22. 2026-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 04/27/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-27Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • AB2174Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-22 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Caloza: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    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 2174 Johnson Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-14 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Arambula: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Flora: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-24 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Padilla: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    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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