---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rental property: residential hotels."
description: "Rental property: residential hotels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1217"
citation: "California AB 1217 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rental property: residential hotels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4643db79-8bac-42d0-a084-0875c742d014"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1217"
source_hash: "a4e5cceb7f56b7df8c55d8a227b532667d4d083b3950fe716970911d7b8c2dbc"
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 1217 (20032004) — Rental property: residential hotels.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1217&version=20030AB121799INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1217&version=20030AB121798AMD)
3. **05/14/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1217&version=20030AB121797AMD)
4. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1217&version=20030AB121796AMD)
5. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1217&version=20030AB121794CHP)
6. **AB1217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1217)
7. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1217&version=20030AB121795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1217 leno by burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1217 leno concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1217 leno assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 766, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2003-09-05** Ordered returned to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2003-09-04** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
- **2003-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 3042.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 1872.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 33. Page 2271.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4643db79-8bac-42d0-a084-0875c742d014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).