Hiring of real property: immigration or citizenship status.
Existing law prohibits any city, county, or city and county from compelling a landlord or any agent of the landlord to take any action, as specified, based on the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property. Existing law provides that these prohibitions do not prohibit a landlord from complying with any legal obligation under federal law.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 299
California AB 299 (20172018)
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Hiring of real property: immigration or citizenship status.
California AB 299 (20172018) — Hiring of real property: immigration or citizenship status.
Existing law prohibits any city, county, or city and county from compelling a landlord or any agent of the landlord to take any action, as specified, based on the immigration or citizenship status of a tenant, prospective tenant, occupant, or prospective occupant of residential rental property. Existing law provides that these prohibitions do not prohibit a landlord from complying with any legal obligation under federal law.
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.
2017-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2017-02-13 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-03-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 646.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-03-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-10 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-06-07 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
2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2896.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-15 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2017-09-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 3525.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 490, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25f1f853-94f4-43f0-a5b8-a1e85f6127f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).