republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1679.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord-tenant relations: security deposits."
description: "Existing law requires that no later than 21 calendar days after the tenant has vacated the premises, but not earlier than the time that either the landlord or the tenant provides a notice to terminate the tenancy, as specified, or not earlier than 60 calendar days prior to the expiration of a fixed-term lease, the landlord furnish the tenant, by personal delivery or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a copy of an itemized statement indicating the basis for, and the amount of, any security received and the disposition of the security and to return any remaining portion of the security to the tenant. Existing law also requires that along with the itemized statement, the landlord include copies of documents showing charges incurred and deducted by the landlord to repair or clean the premises, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1679"
citation: "California AB 1679 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord-tenant relations: security deposits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-14"
last_action: "2012-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c130a91d-d698-4ad6-9c56-e1556d82872c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1679"
source_hash: "3f67bdb49d3902028a385da6d4f69135ac33950c139c7d26eb8695b9c25426ef"
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 1679 (20112012) — Landlord-tenant relations: security deposits.

Existing law requires that no later than 21 calendar days after the tenant has vacated the premises, but not earlier than the time that either the landlord or the tenant provides a notice to terminate the tenancy, as specified, or not earlier than 60 calendar days prior to the expiration of a fixed-term lease, the landlord furnish the tenant, by personal delivery or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a copy of an itemized statement indicating the basis for, and the amount of, any security received and the disposition of the security and to return any remaining portion of the security to the tenant. Existing law also requires that along with the itemized statement, the landlord include copies of documents showing charges incurred and deducted by the landlord to repair or clean the premises, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1679&version=20110AB167999INT)
2. **03/15/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1679&version=20110AB167998AMD)
3. **08/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1679&version=20110AB167997AMD)
4. **09/25/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1679&version=20110AB167995CHP)
5. **AB1679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1679)
6. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1679&version=20110AB167996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1679 BONILLA Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1679 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1679 Bonilla By Padilla — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-20** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4130.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-03-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3958.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-21** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2012-06-21** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2012-06-21** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-09** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4582.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6104.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c130a91d-d698-4ad6-9c56-e1556d82872c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).