--- type: "Bill" title: "Tenancy: political signs." description: "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. Existing law also prohibits the governing documents of a common interest development from prohibiting the posting or displaying of noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or in an owner's separate interest, except as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 337" citation: "California SB 337 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Tenancy: political signs."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"] version_count: 11 action_count: 28 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2011-02-15" last_action: "2011-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb31a6fa-ebc5-4098-8334-5d143b6da3d0" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337" source_hash: "b70bbb005caf481359925e5b19f441bf27d7ccfc0172199c24fcf44425a86f1d" 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 337 (20112012) — Tenancy: political signs. 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. Existing law also prohibits the governing documents of a common interest development from prohibiting the posting or displaying of noncommercial signs, posters, flags, or banners on or in an owner's separate interest, except as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33799INT) 2. **03/24/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33798AMD) 3. **04/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33797AMD) 4. **05/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33796AMD) 5. **06/16/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33795AMD) 6. **06/28/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33794AMD) 7. **08/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33793AMD) 8. **08/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33792AMD) 9. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33790CHP) 10. **SB337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337) 11. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB337&version=20110SB33791ENR) ## Votes - SB 337 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **65–11** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **3–2** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB337 Kehoe Concurrence — **21–14** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **23–15** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **7–3** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Kehoe — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 5. - **2011-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 559.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-05-25** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-05-25** Ordered to second reading. - **2011-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 1273.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-16** (Corrected June 21.) - **2011-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-06-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-25** Read third time and amended. (Page 2570.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-08-25** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-08-30** Read third time and amended. (Page 2684.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-08-30** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-09-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 2773.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-09-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 2268.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2011-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 383, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb31a6fa-ebc5-4098-8334-5d143b6da3d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).