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type: "Bill"
title: "Tenancy: security deposit: service members."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 644"
citation: "California SB 644 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tenancy: security deposit: service members."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43f39237-8698-4e6a-8835-d9abf8f0a4f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644"
source_hash: "370a93d7db6b75ad5c7e9b93eef81de04c47973534b93bd1cb4bd842af3800ef"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644&version=20190SB64499INT)
2. **04/09/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644&version=20190SB64498AMD)
3. **05/20/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644&version=20190SB64497AMD)
4. **05/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644&version=20190SB64496AMD)
5. **06/13/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644&version=20190SB64495AMD)
6. **08/30/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644&version=20190SB64494AMD)
7. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644&version=20190SB64492CHP)
8. **SB644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644)
9. **09/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB644&version=20190SB64493ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB644 Glazer et al. Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- SB 644 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Bauer-Kahan — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **120** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB644 Glazer et al. — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **60** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43f39237-8698-4e6a-8835-d9abf8f0a4f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).