Existing law imposes various obligations on landlords who rent out residential dwelling units, including the general requirement that the building be in a fit condition for human occupation. Among other responsibilities, existing law requires a landlord of a residential dwelling unit to provide each new tenant who occupies the unit with a copy of the notice provided by a registered structural pest control company, as specified, if a contract for periodic pest control service has been executed.
California AB 551 (20152016) — Rental property: bed bugs.
Existing law imposes various obligations on landlords who rent out residential dwelling units, including the general requirement that the building be in a fit condition for human occupation. Among other responsibilities, existing law requires a landlord of a residential dwelling unit to provide each new tenant who occupies the unit with a copy of the notice provided by a registered structural pest control company, as specified, if a contract for periodic pest control service has been executed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 551 NAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 65–15 (pass) · lower
AB 551 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — 63–11 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB551 Nazarian By Jackson — 29–10 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Nazarian — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-03-26 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
2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-05-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 12). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-05-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 11. Page 1840.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2015-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-08 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Jackson.
2016-06-30 From inactive file.
2016-06-30 Ordered to second reading.
2016-08-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 5271.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 15. Page 6349.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
2016-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 599, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cb26169-e662-4202-9f27-09578bfdfa33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).