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Bill	COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance.	(1) Existing law prohibits a landlord from interrupting or terminating utility service furnished to a tenant with the intent to terminate the occupancy of the tenant and imposes specified penalties on a landlord who violates that prohibition. Existing law, until July 1, 2021, imposes additional damages in an amount of at least $1,000, but not more than $2,500, on a landlord that violates that prohibition if the tenant has provided a declaration of COVID-19 financial distress, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 832	California AB 832 (20212022)	bill	COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance.	enacted	Chiu	7	29	5	2021-02-17	2021-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/5bc5f3bd-9a46-42ca-a7e8-a5e6e7fa8d2d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832	0461851ed395b5cf4664190aaed13c68f1dea83d184788a99614bec75a2e467c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 832 (20212022) — COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance.

(1) Existing law prohibits a landlord from interrupting or terminating utility service furnished to a tenant with the intent to terminate the occupancy of the tenant and imposes specified penalties on a landlord who violates that prohibition. Existing law, until July 1, 2021, imposes additional damages in an amount of at least $1,000, but not more than $2,500, on a landlord that violates that prohibition if the tenant has provided a declaration of COVID-19 financial distress, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/10/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/28/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB832 (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/28/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 832 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 65–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading AB832 Chiu et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass with recommendation: That the Floor amendments be adopted. — 8–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)
• Bloom — author (person)
• Caballero — author (person)
• Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
• Reyes — author (person)
• Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2021-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-05-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1542.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Bloom.
• 2021-06-24 Assembly Rule 78 suspended. (Page 2093.)
• 2021-06-24 From inactive file.
• 2021-06-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-06-25 Bill and proposed amendments
• 2021-06-25 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2021-06-25 Pursuant to Assembly Rule 56.1, file notice requirements waived.
• 2021-06-28 From committee: Do pass with recommendation: That the Floor amendments be adopted. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-28 (Ayes 8. Noes 3.)
• 2021-06-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-06-28 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2113.)
• 2021-06-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 2116.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 9. Page 2117.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-28 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2021-06-28 Article IV, Section 8(b) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1657.)
• 2021-06-28 Joint and Senate Rules suspended.
• 2021-06-28 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1659.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2021-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m.
• 2021-06-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-06-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 27, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bc5f3bd-9a46-42ca-a7e8-a5e6e7fa8d2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).