Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, prescribes various terms and conditions of tenancies in mobilehome parks. Existing law defines "tenancy" for these purposes as the right of a homeowner to use a site within a mobilehome park on which to locate, maintain, and occupy a mobilehome for human habitation, including the use of the services and facilities of the park. Existing law, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, prohibits, with certain exceptions, an owner of residential real property from increasing the gross rental rate for a dwelling or unit more than 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, as defined, or 10%, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for the immediately preceding 12 months, subject to specified conditions. Existing law excludes an owner or operator of a mobilehome park and an owner of a mobilehome or their agent from these provisions.
California AB 978 (20212022) — Mobilehome parks: rent caps.
Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, prescribes various terms and conditions of tenancies in mobilehome parks. Existing law defines "tenancy" for these purposes as the right of a homeowner to use a site within a mobilehome park on which to locate, maintain, and occupy a mobilehome for human habitation, including the use of the services and facilities of the park. Existing law, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, prohibits, with certain exceptions, an owner of residential real property from increasing the gross rental rate for a dwelling or unit more than 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living, as defined, or 10%, whichever is lower, of the lowest gross rental rate charged for the immediately preceding 12 months, subject to specified conditions. Existing law excludes an owner or operator of a mobilehome park and an owner of a mobilehome or their agent from these provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 978 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading — 50–19 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 8–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
AB 978 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 51–19 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB978 Quirk-Silva et al. By Caballero — 27–6 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
Cervantes — coauthor (person)
Chiu — author (person)
Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
Voepel — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2021-03-04 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2021-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2021-05-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 3). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-05-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 19. Page 1468.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2021-06-14 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-06-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-06-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 1866.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2021-07-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 19. Page 2305.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2021-07-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-07-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0db623b-74ad-44de-aed1-e158bffd4b17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).