---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal agriculture: restrictions."
description: "(1) Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, and prohibits a landlord from interfering with a tenant's quiet enjoyment of the premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2561"
citation: "California AB 2561 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personal agriculture: restrictions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70a5606d-ffeb-41d3-abc9-d5d91a4c16c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561"
source_hash: "8fb46410ef087f7a344ce4e5d9055242c3d1488b279023a63874a8e711174730"
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 2561 (20132014) — Personal agriculture: restrictions.

(1) Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, and prohibits a landlord from interfering with a tenant's quiet enjoyment of the premises.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561&version=20130AB256199INT)
2. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561&version=20130AB256198AMD)
3. **05/07/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561&version=20130AB256197AMD)
4. **05/28/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561&version=20130AB256196AMD)
5. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561&version=20130AB256195AMD)
6. **09/26/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561&version=20130AB256193CHP)
7. **AB2561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561)
8. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2561&version=20130AB256194ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2561 Bradford By Lara — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2561 BRADFORD Assembly Third Reading — **53–24** (pass) · lower
- AB 2561 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **10–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bradford — primary (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-08** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-12** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-05-12** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5219.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 5325.)
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 5335.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 4707.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 6510.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70a5606d-ffeb-41d3-abc9-d5d91a4c16c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).