---
type: "Bill"
title: "Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act: permanent disabilities: comparable or smaller units."
description: "The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act authorizes an owner of residential real property to establish the initial and subsequent rental rates for a dwelling or unit with respect to which certain criteria are met, including that the dwelling or unit is alienable separate from the title to any other dwelling unit or is a subdivided interest in a subdivision, as specified. The act exempts certain tenancies and dwelling units from these provisions, including a unit where the previous tenancy been terminated by the owner pursuant to specified law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1620"
citation: "California AB 1620 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act", "comparable or smaller units", "permanent disabilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zbur"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34e0127c-6f57-42cf-bffb-a81e060df402"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620"
source_hash: "755154eb85ff0ce7bf0c40b8c400958e130132240e6de843600c0881f12cb48a"
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 1620 (20232024) — Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act: permanent disabilities: comparable or smaller units.

The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act authorizes an owner of residential real property to establish the initial and subsequent rental rates for a dwelling or unit with respect to which certain criteria are met, including that the dwelling or unit is alienable separate from the title to any other dwelling unit or is a subdivided interest in a subdivision, as specified. The act exempts certain tenancies and dwelling units from these provisions, including a unit where the previous tenancy been terminated by the owner pursuant to specified law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620&version=20230AB162099INT)
2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620&version=20230AB162098AMD)
3. **04/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620&version=20230AB162097AMD)
4. **05/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620&version=20230AB162096AMD)
5. **08/31/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620&version=20230AB162095AMD)
6. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620&version=20230AB162093CHP)
7. **AB1620** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620)
8. **09/12/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1620&version=20230AB162094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1620 Zbur Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1620 Zbur et al. By Allen — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 1620 Zbur Assembly Third Reading — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **10–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zbur — primary (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1849.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 1951.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2431.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
- **2023-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 3183.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34e0127c-6f57-42cf-bffb-a81e060df402`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).