---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tenancy: security deposits."
description: "Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, and prohibits a landlord from demanding or receiving security for a rental agreement for residential property, however denominated, in an amount or value in excess of an amount equal to 2 months' rent, in the case of unfurnished residential property, and an amount equal to 3 months' rent, in the case of furnished residential property, in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 12"
citation: "California AB 12 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tenancy", "security deposits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haney"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a5add88-f1e7-4a1d-ab37-d0457929c5b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB12"
source_hash: "01853f99e23f4b301262664ede31a92712d460799a28fb1acac53343e9281cee"
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 12 (20232024) — Tenancy: security deposits.

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, and prohibits a landlord from demanding or receiving security for a rental agreement for residential property, however denominated, in an amount or value in excess of an amount equal to 2 months' rent, in the case of unfurnished residential property, and an amount equal to 3 months' rent, in the case of furnished residential property, in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB12&version=20230AB1299INT)
2. **04/05/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB12&version=20230AB1298AMD)
3. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB12&version=20230AB1297AMD)
4. **10/11/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB12&version=20230AB1295CHP)
5. **AB12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB12)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB12&version=20230AB1296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 12 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 12 Haney Assembly Third Reading — **53–14** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB12 Haney et al. Wiener — **21–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haney — primary (person)
- Boerner — principal coauthor (person)
- Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
- Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
- Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
- Lee — principal coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wahab — principal coauthor (person)
- Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-05** 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`
- **2023-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Measure version as amended on April 5 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 14. Page 1683.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 2651.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 18. Page 3423.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** 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 733, 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/5a5add88-f1e7-4a1d-ab37-d0457929c5b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).