Real estate: environmental hazards: thirdhand smoke.
- Requires home sellers to disclose any known tobacco smoke residue or history of smoking on the property to buyers.
- Mandates the addition of thirdhand smoke information to the state's environmental hazards guide for homeowners.
- Delegates guide updates to San Diego State University's Center for Tobacco and the Environment.
Assembly Member Ortega's real estate disclosure legislation requires sellers to inform buyers about thirdhand smoke exposure in residential properties while expanding California's environmental hazards guidance for homeowners. The bill defines thirdhand smoke as toxic chemical residue from tobacco products that accumulates in building materials and can persist long after smoking ceases.
Under the proposed requirements, sellers must provide written disclosure if they have actual knowledge of tobacco smoke residue in the property or if previous occupants smoked or vaped tobacco products there. The Department of Toxic Substances Control would update the state's Homeowners' Guide to Environmental Hazards to include detailed information about thirdhand smoke, with content development delegated to San Diego State University's Center for Tobacco and the Environment. The guide's updates would explain thirdhand smoke as an environmental hazard, outline mitigation approaches, and list resources for additional information.
The legislation also expands the environmental hazards guide to address wildfires, climate change, and sea level rise, with input from Natural Resources Agency departments on these new sections. The Department of Toxic Substances Control maintains oversight of the guide's content to ensure it provides comprehensive education on all covered environmental hazards that can affect residential properties.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Latest Voting History
 Liz OrtegaD Assembly Member | Bill Author |  Not Contacted |
- Requires home sellers to disclose any known tobacco smoke residue or history of smoking on the property to buyers.
- Mandates the addition of thirdhand smoke information to the state's environmental hazards guide for homeowners.
- Delegates guide updates to San Diego State University's Center for Tobacco and the Environment.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Assembly Member Ortega's real estate disclosure legislation requires sellers to inform buyers about thirdhand smoke exposure in residential properties while expanding California's environmental hazards guidance for homeowners. The bill defines thirdhand smoke as toxic chemical residue from tobacco products that accumulates in building materials and can persist long after smoking ceases.
Under the proposed requirements, sellers must provide written disclosure if they have actual knowledge of tobacco smoke residue in the property or if previous occupants smoked or vaped tobacco products there. The Department of Toxic Substances Control would update the state's Homeowners' Guide to Environmental Hazards to include detailed information about thirdhand smoke, with content development delegated to San Diego State University's Center for Tobacco and the Environment. The guide's updates would explain thirdhand smoke as an environmental hazard, outline mitigation approaches, and list resources for additional information.
The legislation also expands the environmental hazards guide to address wildfires, climate change, and sea level rise, with input from Natural Resources Agency departments on these new sections. The Department of Toxic Substances Control maintains oversight of the guide's content to ensure it provides comprehensive education on all covered environmental hazards that can affect residential properties.
Latest Voting History
Liz OrtegaD Assembly Member | Bill Author | Not Contacted |