---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential tenancies: domestic violence."
description: "Residential tenancies: domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2052"
citation: "California AB 2052 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential tenancies: domestic violence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fa15eda-613d-4dbe-a95d-2875c93dac6e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052"
source_hash: "d432bdc82dd7cee037e78dfbafe660e5abcc2e53ab034c42bd7f452b47e74b65"
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 2052 (20072008) — Residential tenancies: domestic violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205299INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205298AMD)
3. **04/08/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205297AMD)
4. **05/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205296AMD)
5. **06/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205295AMD)
6. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205294AMD)
7. **08/22/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205293AMD)
8. **08/27/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205292AMD)
9. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205290CHP)
10. **AB2052** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052)
11. **09/11/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2052&version=20070AB205291ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2052 Lieu Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2052 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2052 LIEU Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5456.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5544.).
- **2008-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 6. Page 5545.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** 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, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-28** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5484.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 7148.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fa15eda-613d-4dbe-a95d-2875c93dac6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).