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CA SB 1320

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Financing statements: residential real property.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 1320 pass?

The current status of CA SB 1320 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-04-27): April 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

What is CA SB 1320 about?

The Uniform Commercial Code-Secured Transactions (UCC) generally regulates the perfection of certain security interests, including a financing statement filed as a fixture filing. This bill would prohibit the filing of a financing statement against owner-occupied residential real property in a manner that purports to create or otherwise perfect a security interest in, or otherwise encumber, title to that owner-occupied residential real property and would make a person who knowingly files, or causes to be filed, a financing statement in violation of the bill liable to the owner of the owner-occupied residential real property identified in the financing statement, as specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 1320?

Archuleta is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1320.

Description

The Uniform Commercial Code-Secured Transactions (UCC) generally regulates the perfection of certain security interests, including a financing statement filed as a fixture filing. This bill would prohibit the filing of a financing statement against owner-occupied residential real property in a manner that purports to create or otherwise perfect a security interest in, or otherwise encumber, title to that owner-occupied residential real property and would make a person who knowingly files, or causes to be filed, a financing statement in violation of the bill liable to the owner of the owner-occupied residential real property identified in the financing statement, as specified.

Introduced
2026-02-20
Latest action
2026-04-27 — April 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Archuletaauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-27

    April 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  2. 2026-04-10

    Set for hearing April 28.

  3. 2026-04-08

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  5. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-23

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  7. 2026-02-23

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  8. 2026-02-20

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,referral-committee

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