---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025."
description: "Existing law provides that a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if the tenant continues to possess the property without permission of the landlord after the tenant defaults on rent or fails to perform a condition or covenant of the lease under which the property is held, among other reasons. Existing law requires a tenant be served a 3 days' notice in writing to cure a default or perform a condition of the lease, or return possession of the property to the landlord, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2030, prohibits an owner of residential real property from terminating a tenancy without just cause, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 246"
citation: "California AB 246 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SocialSecurityTenantProtectionActof2025"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fd4ee06-7094-4734-8a57-a36892c2b0e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246"
source_hash: "c067fefefd9fa07111e2c3959e7db27841c899e57fd8360180fe80c9abe88627"
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 246 (20252026) — Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025.

Existing law provides that a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if the tenant continues to possess the property without permission of the landlord after the tenant defaults on rent or fails to perform a condition or covenant of the lease under which the property is held, among other reasons. Existing law requires a tenant be served a 3 days' notice in writing to cure a default or perform a condition of the lease, or return possession of the property to the landlord, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2030, prohibits an owner of residential real property from terminating a tenancy without just cause, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24699INT)
2. **02/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24698AMD)
3. **03/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24697AMD)
4. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24696AMD)
5. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24695AMD)
6. **05/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24694AMD)
7. **07/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24693AMD)
8. **07/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24692AMD)
9. **08/18/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24691AMD)
10. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24689CHP)
11. **AB246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246)
12. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246&version=20250AB24690ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 246 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB246 Bryan et al. By Wahab — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 246 Bryan Assembly Third Reading — **49–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)
- Celeste Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Elhawary — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
- **2025-02-10** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (March 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 939.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1104.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 13. Page 2077.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2174.)
- **2025-08-25** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2699.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 17. Page 3233.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 337, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fd4ee06-7094-4734-8a57-a36892c2b0e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).