---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonresidential tenancies: security deposits."
description: "Nonresidential tenancies: security deposits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1361"
citation: "California AB 1361 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nonresidential tenancies: security deposits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarthy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e48dbfd-578c-494d-82d2-2dcc133fff09"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1361"
source_hash: "4970bdec42b96c17b9d43180dc19e301c2bd556f1ed0066d861d539dfb0f60b6"
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 1361 (20032004) — Nonresidential tenancies: security deposits.

## 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=200320040AB1361&version=20030AB136199INT)
2. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1361&version=20030AB136198AMD)
3. **07/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1361&version=20030AB136196CHP)
4. **AB1361** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1361)
5. **07/07/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1361&version=20030AB136197ENR)

## Votes

- consent calendar 2nd ab1361 mccarthy — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1361 mccarthy concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1361 mccarthy consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCarthy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-07-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1627.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1709.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/7e48dbfd-578c-494d-82d2-2dcc133fff09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).