CA AB238 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13)
Status: Passed on September 22 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13)
Status: Passed on September 22 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-09-22 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
An act to add Title 19.1 (commencing with Section 3273.20) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to wildfire relief, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Title
Mortgage forbearance: state of emergency: wildfire.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2025-09-03 - Assembly - AB 238 Harabedian Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 77 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-09-02 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB238 Harabedian et al. By Grayson Urgency Clause (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-14 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-24 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-06-18 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-07 - Assembly - AB 238 Harabedian Third Reading Urgency (Y: 70 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-03-19 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-03-04 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-03-03 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-09-02 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB238 Harabedian et al. By Grayson Urgency Clause (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-14 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-24 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-06-18 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-07 - Assembly - AB 238 Harabedian Third Reading Urgency (Y: 70 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-03-19 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-03-04 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-03-03 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 128, Statutes of 2025. | |
| 2025-09-22 | Approved by the Governor. | |
| 2025-09-04 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. | |
| 2025-09-03 | Assembly | Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2855.). |
| 2025-09-02 | Assembly | In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. |
| 2025-09-02 | Senate | Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2390.). |
| 2025-07-15 | Senate | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| 2025-07-14 | Senate | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). |
| 2025-07-10 | Senate | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| 2025-06-26 | Senate | Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| 2025-06-25 | Senate | From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). |
| 2025-06-18 | Senate | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. |
| 2025-06-03 | Senate | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. |
| 2025-05-07 | Senate | Referred to Coms. on B. & F.I. and JUD. |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| 2025-04-07 | Assembly | Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1030.). |
| 2025-04-02 | Assembly | Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. |
| 2025-03-20 | Assembly | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| 2025-03-19 | Assembly | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). |
| 2025-03-19 | Assembly | In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. |
| 2025-03-17 | Assembly | Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| 2025-03-14 | Assembly | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. |
| 2025-03-04 | Assembly | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| 2025-03-03 | Assembly | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. |
| 2025-02-26 | Assembly | Coauthors revised. |
| 2025-02-24 | Assembly | (Pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.) |
| 2025-02-24 | Assembly | Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 440.) |
| 2025-02-24 | Assembly | Re-referred to Coms. on B.&F. and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. |
| 2025-02-20 | Assembly | Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and B.&F. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. |
| 2025-02-18 | Assembly | Referred to Coms. on B.&F. and JUD. |
| 2025-01-14 | Assembly | From printer. May be heard in committee February 13. |
| 2025-01-13 | Assembly | Read first time. To print. |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Code | 3273.20 | New Code | See Bill Text |
