---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tenancy: eviction: notices."
description: "Existing law defines public and private nuisance. Existing law provides that a public nuisance may be remedied by an indictment or information, a civil action, or abatement and that a private nuisance may be remedied by a civil action or abatement. Existing law regulates evictions and provides that a tenant who commits, or permits the maintenance of, a nuisance upon the premises thereby terminates his or her lease and is subject to eviction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 426"
citation: "California SB 426 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tenancy: eviction: notices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f5d6c28-eb9b-47b4-922c-13a89df7811e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB426"
source_hash: "9b71ed974ab21510054e99c26a8e3f8dfe7cc8884ef641a9f57fd7a75997a0a3"
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 SB 426 (20112012) — Tenancy: eviction: notices.

Existing law defines public and private nuisance. Existing law provides that a public nuisance may be remedied by an indictment or information, a civil action, or abatement and that a private nuisance may be remedied by a civil action or abatement. Existing law regulates evictions and provides that a tenant who commits, or permits the maintenance of, a nuisance upon the premises thereby terminates his or her lease and is subject to eviction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB426&version=20110SB42699INT)
2. **03/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB426&version=20110SB42698AMD)
3. **06/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB426&version=20110SB42697AMD)
4. **07/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB426&version=20110SB42695CHP)
5. **SB426** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB426)
6. **07/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB426&version=20110SB42696ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #3 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 426 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #6 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2011-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 950.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1068.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2053.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-07-06** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-07-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1785.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2011-07-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 128, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f5d6c28-eb9b-47b4-922c-13a89df7811e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).