Under existing law, a tenant of real property, for a term less than life, or the executor or administrator or his or her estate, is guilty of unlawful detainer when he or she continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, of the property or any part of the property, after the expiration of the term for which it is let to him or her, except as specified. Under existing law, access to limited civil case records filed in an unlawful detainer action is restricted to (1) parties to the action, (2) certain people who provide the court clerk with specified information about the parties to the action, (3) any person by order of the court on a showing of good cause, and (4) any other person 60 days after the complaint has been filed, unless the defendant prevails in the action within 60 days after the filing of the complaint, in which case access is limited to the other parties allowed access, as described above.
California AB 2819 (20152016) — Unlawful detainer proceedings.
Under existing law, a tenant of real property, for a term less than life, or the executor or administrator or his or her estate, is guilty of unlawful detainer when he or she continues in possession, in person or by subtenant, of the property or any part of the property, after the expiration of the term for which it is let to him or her, except as specified. Under existing law, access to limited civil case records filed in an unlawful detainer action is restricted to (1) parties to the action, (2) certain people who provide the court clerk with specified information about the parties to the action, (3) any person by order of the court on a showing of good cause, and (4) any other person 60 days after the complaint has been filed, unless the defendant prevails in the action within 60 days after the filing of the complaint, in which case access is limited to the other parties allowed access, as described above.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-04-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4722.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4772.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 30. Page 4817.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 4953.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 336, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d5c001b-3abb-441a-839b-51fe4f285054. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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