---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and tenant: personal property remaining on premises after termination of tenancy."
description: "Existing law specifies conditions when a written notice of termination of a residential tenancy is required, and specifies when a landlord must provide a written notice to inspect residential property upon termination of a tenancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2521"
citation: "California AB 2521 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord and tenant: personal property remaining on premises after termination of tenancy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenfield"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f85f389e-a3d1-4f40-b394-3eda4c17f35c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2521"
source_hash: "8be509e62186fedc3b9b0dea45d0efb5129df1c86b2d3c682e94ce5d6bf7f1c6"
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 2521 (20112012) — Landlord and tenant: personal property remaining on premises after termination of tenancy.

Existing law specifies conditions when a written notice of termination of a residential tenancy is required, and specifies when a landlord must provide a written notice to inspect residential property upon termination of a tenancy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2521&version=20110AB252199INT)
2. **05/08/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2521&version=20110AB252198AMD)
3. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2521&version=20110AB252197AMD)
4. **08/13/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2521&version=20110AB252196AMD)
5. **09/25/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2521&version=20110AB252194CHP)
6. **AB2521** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2521)
7. **09/07/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2521&version=20110AB252195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB2521 Blumenfield By Price — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2521 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2521 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blumenfield — primary (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4818.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4785.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6423.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 560, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f85f389e-a3d1-4f40-b394-3eda4c17f35c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).