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Bill	Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.	Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of tenancies and defines the term "persons who hire" for the purpose of regulating residential tenancies. Existing law excludes from these provisions occupancy at a hotel or motel if certain conditions are met, including that the occupancy is for a period of 30 days or less, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 299	California AB 299 (20252026)	bill	Motels hotels andshort-termlodging disasters	enacted	Gabriel	8	23	5	2025-01-23	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c9777497-0415-43ff-a4fc-263b68227d95	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB299	a4bcf31f5ab2b654ee8f1466ea1e35a709905543cd138c27087d3d511721ee81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 299 (20252026) — Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of tenancies and defines the term "persons who hire" for the purpose of regulating residential tenancies. Existing law excludes from these provisions occupancy at a hotel or motel if certain conditions are met, including that the occupancy is for a period of 30 days or less, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/04/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/17/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB299 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB299 Gabriel et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 299 Gabriel Third Reading Urgency — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 299 GABRIEL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gabriel — primary (person)
• Rivas — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-01-24 From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 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
• 2025-03-05 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 950.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-04-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-07-03 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
• 2025-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3004.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
• 2025-09-13 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3477.)
• 2025-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3477.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9777497-0415-43ff-a4fc-263b68227d95. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).