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type: "Bill"
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title: "Rental property: bed bugs."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 551"
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citation: "California AB 551 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Rental property: bed bugs."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2015-02-23"
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last_action: "2016-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cb26169-e662-4202-9f27-09578bfdfa33"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551"
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source_hash: "d470db96b3dda7b36363302f455eb08d50f2aba1c0be41d382ac17e8f440176b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 551 (20152016) — Rental property: bed bugs.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551&version=20150AB55199INT)
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2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551&version=20150AB55198AMD)
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3. **05/14/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551&version=20150AB55197AMD)
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4. **07/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551&version=20150AB55196AMD)
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5. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551&version=20150AB55195AMD)
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6. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551&version=20150AB55193CHP)
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7. **AB551** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551)
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8. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB551&version=20150AB55194ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 551 NAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–15** (pass) · lower
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- AB 551 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — **63–11** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB551 Nazarian By Jackson — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Nazarian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
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- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 12). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 11. Page 1840.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-07-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-08** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Jackson.
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- **2016-06-30** From inactive file.
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- **2016-06-30** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2016-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 5271.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 15. Page 6349.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
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- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 599, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cb26169-e662-4202-9f27-09578bfdfa33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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