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Bill	Domestic violence: permanent restraining orders and elder abuse orders.	Existing law authorizes a tenant to notify the landlord in writing that he or she or a household member, as defined, was a victim of an act of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and intends to terminate the tenancy, and requires that the tenant attach a copy of a temporary restraining order, emergency protective order, or a report by a peace officer to the notice. Existing law permits the tenant to quit the premises after notification and limits the tenant's obligation for payment of rent, as specified. Existing law requires the notice to terminate the tenancy to be given within 180 days of the date the order was issued or the report was made, or as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 1403	California SB 1403 (20112012)	bill	Domestic violence: permanent restraining orders and elder abuse orders.	enacted	Yee	9	40	9	2012-02-24	2012-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/fc355df6-a43f-4f41-b4a9-8fc1f570909f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1403	9bc36a42215e4ab30ea32733e42256bf730bf5000ccf1a48ec216c31ecbc0e2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1403 (20112012) — Domestic violence: permanent restraining orders and elder abuse orders.

Existing law authorizes a tenant to notify the landlord in writing that he or she or a household member, as defined, was a victim of an act of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and intends to terminate the tenancy, and requires that the tenant attach a copy of a temporary restraining order, emergency protective order, or a report by a peace officer to the notice. Existing law permits the tenant to quit the premises after notification and limits the tenant's obligation for payment of rent, as specified. Existing law requires the notice to terminate the tenancy to be given within 180 days of the date the order was issued or the report was made, or as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/19/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/28/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/24/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB1403 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration granted. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1403 Yee Senate Third Reading Amend By GORDON Set #1 — 51–27 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–8 (fail) · upper
• SB 1403 Yee Senate Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Supp 4 SB1403 Yee Concurrence — 26–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Yee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-22 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2012-03-28 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2012-04-04 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-04-05 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2012-04-24 Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 3. Noes 8. Page 3304.) Reconsideration granted. committee-failure
• 2012-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-20 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-06-20 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-06-25 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2012-06-26 Set for hearing July 3.
• 2012-06-27 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-06-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-02 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-07-02 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-07-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 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
• 2012-08-10 Set for hearing August 15.
• 2012-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4549.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4632.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-08-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-08-29 Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 6556.)
• 2012-08-29 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-29 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 6557.)
• 2012-08-29 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 6559.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2012-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 6648.)
• 2012-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-31 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6750.)
• 2012-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6770.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 0. Page 5108.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2012-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 516, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc355df6-a43f-4f41-b4a9-8fc1f570909f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).