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.
California AB 12 (20232024) — Tenancy: security deposits.
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.
AB 12 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 50–18 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 8–2 (pass) · upper
AB 12 Haney Assembly Third Reading — 53–14 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB12 Haney et al. Wiener — 21–9 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Haney — primary (person)
Boerner — principal coauthor (person)
Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
Jackson — coauthor (person)
Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
Lee — principal coauthor (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Wahab — principal coauthor (person)
Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-03-15 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-04-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-20 Measure version as amended on April 5 corrected. amendment-passage
2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 14. Page 1683.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 2651.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 18. Page 3423.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 733, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a5add88-f1e7-4a1d-ab37-d0457929c5b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).