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Bill	Tenancy: security deposit: service members.	Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, and prohibits a landlord from demanding or receiving security for a rental agreement for residential property, however denominated, in an amount or value in excess of an amount equal to 2 months' rent, in the case of unfurnished residential property, and an amount equal to 3 months' rent, in the case of furnished residential property, in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 644	California SB 644 (20192020)	bill	Tenancy: security deposit: service members.	enacted	Glazer	9	31	7	2019-02-22	2019-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/43f39237-8698-4e6a-8835-d9abf8f0a4f1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644	370a93d7db6b75ad5c7e9b93eef81de04c47973534b93bd1cb4bd842af3800ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 644 (20192020) — Tenancy: security deposit: service members.

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, and prohibits a landlord from demanding or receiving security for a rental agreement for residential property, however denominated, in an amount or value in excess of an amount equal to 2 months' rent, in the case of unfurnished residential property, and an amount equal to 3 months' rent, in the case of furnished residential property, in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/20/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/13/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB644 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB644 Glazer et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 644 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB644 Glazer et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Glazer — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Chang — coauthor (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Grove — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Voepel — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2019-04-08 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 553.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-12 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 807.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-20 Ordered to second reading.
• 2019-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-23 Ordered to second reading.
• 2019-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1339.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2019-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-30 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-30 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3318.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2884.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 602, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43f39237-8698-4e6a-8835-d9abf8f0a4f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).