---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord-tenant: payments."
description: "Landlord-tenant: payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 533"
citation: "California AB 533 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord-tenant: payments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2629d46-df56-4669-b489-deae7ce1c733"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB533"
source_hash: "cbee5c0a573197231def5ad9364caebc5c7da888ace7f8dfe6f5e534afd351b5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 533 (20012002) — Landlord-tenant: payments.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB533&version=20010AB53399INT)
2. **03/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB533&version=20010AB53398AMD)
3. **06/25/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB533&version=20010AB53397AMD)
4. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB533&version=20010AB53396AMD)
5. **10/01/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB533&version=20010AB53394CHP)
6. **AB533** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB533)
7. **09/04/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB533&version=20010AB53395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 533 Cedillo Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 533 Cedillo Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB533 Cedillo By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 368, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3402.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-07-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1014.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2629d46-df56-4669-b489-deae7ce1c733`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).