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Bill	Unlawful detainer: nuisance: controlled substances.	Existing law establishes the criteria for determining when a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer, including conduct involving illegally selling a controlled substance, or the commission of an offense involving the unlawful possession or use of illegal weapons or ammunition or the use of the premises to further that purpose. Any of those acts may be deemed to constitute committing a nuisance on the premises. Existing law authorizes, for real property situated in the City of Los Angeles only, a city prosecutor or city attorney to file an action for unlawful detainer in the name of the people against any person who is in violation of the nuisance or the illegal purpose provisions of the unlawful detainer provision described above, with respect to controlled substances.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2485	California AB 2485 (20132014)	bill	Unlawful detainer: nuisance: controlled substances.	enacted	Dickinson	9	25	6	2014-02-21	2014-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/35a9d51a-7daf-4e00-aea3-20ce87e8d5cf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2485	ec9b974cea563f446ca6848b632e36bfdc47337ed793225a9ff6b56e4dca1251	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2485 (20132014) — Unlawful detainer: nuisance: controlled substances.

Existing law establishes the criteria for determining when a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer, including conduct involving illegally selling a controlled substance, or the commission of an offense involving the unlawful possession or use of illegal weapons or ammunition or the use of the premises to further that purpose. Any of those acts may be deemed to constitute committing a nuisance on the premises. Existing law authorizes, for real property situated in the City of Los Angeles only, a city prosecutor or city attorney to file an action for unlawful detainer in the name of the people against any person who is in violation of the nuisance or the illegal purpose provisions of the unlawful detainer provision described above, with respect to controlled substances.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/21/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/04/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2485 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/26/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2485 DICKINSON Third Reading Urgency — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2485 Dickinson By Corbett Urgency Clause — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2485 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dickinson — primary (person)
• Ridley-Thomas — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-13 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-03-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-03-28 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2014-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-24 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4588.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-08 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-05-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-04 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2014-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-20 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4647.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 6324.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2014-09-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 341, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35a9d51a-7daf-4e00-aea3-20ce87e8d5cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).