Tenancy: law enforcement and emergency assistance.
(1) Existing law authorizes a tenant to notify the landlord in writing that he or she or a household member, as defined, was a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse and that the tenant intends to terminate the tenancy. If the tenant attaches to the notice a copy of a temporary restraining order or protective order, as specified, a report by a peace officer, as specified, or documentation from a qualified 3rd party, as specified, and satisfies other requirements, the tenant is released from paying rent and other obligations under the lease, subject to certain limitations.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 2413
California AB 2413 (20172018)
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Tenancy: law enforcement and emergency assistance.
California AB 2413 (20172018) — Tenancy: law enforcement and emergency assistance.
(1) Existing law authorizes a tenant to notify the landlord in writing that he or she or a household member, as defined, was a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or elder or dependent adult abuse and that the tenant intends to terminate the tenancy. If the tenant attaches to the notice a copy of a temporary restraining order or protective order, as specified, a report by a peace officer, as specified, or documentation from a qualified 3rd party, as specified, and satisfies other requirements, the tenant is released from paying rent and other obligations under the lease, subject to certain limitations.
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.
2018-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2018-03-15 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-04-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-04-02 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-04-18 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
2018-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5163.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-24 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-04 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
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-07-02 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5167.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6206.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-08-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-08-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 190, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d21c8daf-9eba-47f5-987f-45cb6107b9cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).