---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property: rent control."
description: "Existing law requires, in any city, county, or city and county that administers a system of controls on the price at which residential rental units may be offered for rent or lease and that requires the registration of rents, upon the establishment of a certified rent level, any owner who charges rent to a tenant in excess of the certified lawful rent ceiling to refund the excess rent to the tenant upon demand."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1925"
citation: "California AB 1925 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real property: rent control."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbd7edca-0969-4a3c-980b-8a659510a52a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925"
source_hash: "04ffaf4bb113e4b02ffeb2b57709220c5b2e91f5c8ec29629ebf8d1cdb142015"
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 1925 (20112012) — Real property: rent control.

Existing law requires, in any city, county, or city and county that administers a system of controls on the price at which residential rental units may be offered for rent or lease and that requires the registration of rents, upon the establishment of a certified rent level, any owner who charges rent to a tenant in excess of the certified lawful rent ceiling to refund the excess rent to the tenant upon demand.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925&version=20110AB192599INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925&version=20110AB192598AMD)
3. **04/19/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925&version=20110AB192597AMD)
4. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925&version=20110AB192596AMD)
5. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925&version=20110AB192595AMD)
6. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925&version=20110AB192593CHP)
7. **AB1925** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925)
8. **08/20/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1925&version=20110AB192594ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1925 Ma By Yee — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1925 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1925 MA Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)
- Yee — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 4715.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4485.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 5961.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:05 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 243, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbd7edca-0969-4a3c-980b-8a659510a52a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).