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Bill 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. us/states/ca California Legislature 20232024 AB 12 California AB 12 (20232024)
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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.

  1. 12/05/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/05/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 10/11/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. AB12 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. — 83 (pass) · lower
  • AB 12 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 5018 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass — 82 (pass) · upper
  • AB 12 Haney Assembly Third Reading — 5314 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB12 Haney et al. Wiener — 219 (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).