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Bill	Tenancy: termination: victims of violent crime.	Existing law, until January 1, 2016, 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 or sexual assault and that the tenant intends to terminate the tenancy. Existing law requires that the tenant attach to the notice to terminate a tenancy a copy of a temporary restraining order or protective order that protects the tenant or household member from further domestic violence or sexual assault or to attach a report by a peace officer stating that the tenant or household member has filed a report alleging he or she or the household member is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 418	California AB 418 (20152016)	bill	Tenancy: termination: victims of violent crime.	enacted	Chiu	6	18	4	2015-02-19	2015-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/9aef15cc-293d-4630-8a40-a1dcf50a19c8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB418	9c45e6692e54b80bedaa210a40712356dd55e04c0a1f20190730757a6d903719	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 418 (20152016) — Tenancy: termination: victims of violent crime.

Existing law, until January 1, 2016, 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 or sexual assault and that the tenant intends to terminate the tenancy. Existing law requires that the tenant attach to the notice to terminate a tenancy a copy of a temporary restraining order or protective order that protects the tenant or household member from further domestic violence or sexual assault or to attach a report by a peace officer stating that the tenant or household member has filed a report alleging he or she or the household member is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/13/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB418 (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/29/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 418 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB418 Chiu By Leno — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)
• Leno — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2015-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 24). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1010.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1106.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1613.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2015-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 70, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9aef15cc-293d-4630-8a40-a1dcf50a19c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).