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type: "Bill"
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title: "COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance."
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description: "(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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 832"
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citation: "California AB 832 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-17"
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last_action: "2021-06-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bc5f3bd-9a46-42ca-a7e8-a5e6e7fa8d2d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832"
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source_hash: "0461851ed395b5cf4664190aaed13c68f1dea83d184788a99614bec75a2e467c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 832 (20212022) — COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance.
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(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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83299INT)
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2. **05/10/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83298AMD)
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3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83297AMD)
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4. **06/28/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83296AMD)
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5. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83294CHP)
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6. **AB832** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832)
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7. **06/28/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83295ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 832 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — **65–9** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- 2nd Reading AB832 Chiu et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass with recommendation: That the Floor amendments be adopted. — **8–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chiu — primary (person)
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- Bloom — author (person)
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- Caballero — author (person)
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- Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
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- Reyes — author (person)
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- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2021-02-25** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2021-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1542.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Bloom.
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- **2021-06-24** Assembly Rule 78 suspended. (Page 2093.)
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- **2021-06-24** From inactive file.
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- **2021-06-24** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2021-06-25** Bill and proposed amendments
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- **2021-06-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-25** Pursuant to Assembly Rule 56.1, file notice requirements waived.
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- **2021-06-28** From committee: Do pass with recommendation: That the Floor amendments be adopted. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-28** (Ayes 8. Noes 3.)
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- **2021-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2021-06-28** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2113.)
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- **2021-06-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 2116.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **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`
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- **2021-06-28** In Senate. Held at Desk.
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- **2021-06-28** Article IV, Section 8(b) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1657.)
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- **2021-06-28** Joint and Senate Rules suspended.
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- **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`
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- **2021-06-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2021-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m.
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- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 27, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bc5f3bd-9a46-42ca-a7e8-a5e6e7fa8d2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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