republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1059.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord and tenant: menacing and retaliatory acts."
description: "Landlord and tenant: menacing and retaliatory acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1059"
citation: "California AB 1059 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord and tenant: menacing and retaliatory acts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieber"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3169e92-f4f0-4128-982e-4e180b99258a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059"
source_hash: "17bd9e7ab51732c2a0fc0bb0b29283b01db733db09212279b3c90d2742e86385"
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 1059 (20032004) — Landlord and tenant: menacing and retaliatory acts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105999INT)
2. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105998AMD)
3. **07/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105997AMD)
4. **07/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105996AMD)
5. **07/27/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105995AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105994AMD)
7. **08/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105993AMD)
8. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105991CHP)
9. **AB1059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059)
10. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1059&version=20030AB105992ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab1059 lieber by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1059 lieber assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1059 lieber concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieber — primary (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 542, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 29. Page 3463.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 2303.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1861.)
- **2003-07-15** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 33. Page 1852.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 22). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3169e92-f4f0-4128-982e-4e180b99258a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).