SB 5831: Enacting the uniform mortgage modification act.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Dozier
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- S Rules 3
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to Senate Rules Committee for third reading. (March 12, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Enacts the Uniform Mortgage Modification Act to establish that, in the case of specified types of mortgage modifications, the mortgage continues to secure the obligation, the priority of the mortgage is not affected, the mortgage retains its priority regardless of whether the modification is recorded, and the modification is not a novation.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 10, 202649 yea · 0 nay
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