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Bill	Unlawful detainer: case records.	Existing law requires the court clerk to allow specified persons access to case records, including the court file, index, and register of actions, filed in unlawful detainer actions that are limited civil cases. Existing law requires that this access must be given to any other person 60 days after the complaint has been filed if judgment against all defendants has been entered for the plaintiff within 60 days of the filing of the complaint, and other persons as specified. Existing law exempts from these requirements records in a case that seeks to terminate a mobilehome park tenancy if the statement of the character of the proceeding in the caption of the complaint clearly indicates that the complaint seeks termination of a mobilehome park tenancy.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2304	California AB 2304 (20232024)	bill	Unlawful detainer case records	enacted	Lee	5	20	6	2024-02-12	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/9e73a4f8-f6ad-4cd7-bf1f-d66629f3e17d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2304	6b2dfe99571d957211a28dc824fd1e438064158158c0e22c1c6ae8af3a54a9ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2304 (20232024) — Unlawful detainer: case records.

Existing law requires the court clerk to allow specified persons access to case records, including the court file, index, and register of actions, filed in unlawful detainer actions that are limited civil cases. Existing law requires that this access must be given to any other person 60 days after the complaint has been filed if judgment against all defendants has been entered for the plaintiff within 60 days of the filing of the complaint, and other persons as specified. Existing law exempts from these requirements records in a case that seeks to terminate a mobilehome park tenancy if the statement of the character of the proceeding in the caption of the complaint clearly indicates that the complaint seeks termination of a mobilehome park tenancy.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2304 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/22/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (fail) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2304 Lee Assembly Third Reading — 51–13 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2304 Lee By Roth — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 10–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5437.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 13. Page 5666.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5233.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 711, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e73a4f8-f6ad-4cd7-bf1f-d66629f3e17d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).