republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2219.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Landlord-tenant: 3rd-party payments."
description: "Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Existing law requires a landlord or his or her agent to allow a tenant to pay rent or a security deposit by at least one form of payment that is neither cash nor electronic funds transfer, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2219"
citation: "California AB 2219 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Landlord-tenant: 3rd-party payments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f07ed8f-7b13-47f3-9cd4-6dc510d2d096"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2219"
source_hash: "60551b3a0b417e3ec36eaed0548a5c9b8c9449bc24c6e44d9423f07d1446c335"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2219 (20172018) — Landlord-tenant: 3rd-party payments.

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Existing law requires a landlord or his or her agent to allow a tenant to pay rent or a security deposit by at least one form of payment that is neither cash nor electronic funds transfer, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2219&version=20170AB221999INT)
2. **05/01/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2219&version=20170AB221998AMD)
3. **05/10/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2219&version=20170AB221997AMD)
4. **06/07/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2219&version=20170AB221996AMD)
5. **08/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2219&version=20170AB221994CHP)
6. **AB2219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2219)
7. **08/14/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2219&version=20170AB221995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2219 TING Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2219 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-04-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 5211.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5037.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6236.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 233, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f07ed8f-7b13-47f3-9cd4-6dc510d2d096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).