• The CCHI was able to successfully modify SB 258 to include a statute of limitations, and to refer to the Standards of Practice of CREIA and ASHI®. CCHI was very active with the bill, and there were numerous other issues with its wording that included input from CCHI.
• CCHI successfully represented inspectors in a series of hearings conducted by the Contractors State License Board in 1996, and that otherwise could have led to unnecessary and unwanted regulation by that board.
• CCHI worked with Senator Hughes in 1999 and 2000 in crafting SB 1216, which was later vetoed by the governor.
• CCHI created the first accurate Sunrise Study of the inspection profession, thereby displacing the previous inaccurate studies that unfairly portrayed the duties of inspectors and the need for regulation.
• CCHI successfully sponsored AB 452 in 2000, requiring developers to inform buyers of their right to negotiate for an inspection on subdivisions. This was the first piece of legislation initiated by CCHI.
• CCHI successfully altered AB 1574 that would have otherwise required home inspectors to perform energy audits, regardless of their client’s wishes, the age of the house, or the inspectors qualifications.
• CCHI was contacted first prior to the introduction of SB 1332 in 2002, and assisted in drafting SB 31. CCHI was able to influence the content and direction of SB 31 through the current legislative session.
• CCHI has monitored legislation in the capitol since 1995, maintaining a profile with legislators and special interest groups to prevent the industry from being surprised by legislation that could affect inspectors’ livelihoods.
• CCHI has kept its members informed of legislative developments, and supplies a bi-monthly report to the CREIA Inspector detailing the legislation being monitored.
• CCHI was involved in the negotiations over Assemblyman Maze’s licensing bill, and helped to prevent the first “realtor indemnification” version from moving forward.

Before any business can be regulated by the legislature, a “sunrise study” must be completed showing the need for the regulation. There have been 3 sunrise studies of home inspectors. The first came about in 1986 as part of SB 974, and was later discredited. A second study, commissioned by the California Association of Realtors, was created in 1994. Neither study accurately portrayed the activities, duties, scope, or need for inspections. The conclusions reached about the need for regulation of inspections were widely disputed. In 2000, another study was completed by the CCHI in response to SB 1216. That document is the basic reference now used by the legislature in determining the need for regulation of inspectors.