Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, including generally limiting the amount of security that a landlord may demand or receive to an amount or value equivalent to one month's rent, as provided, and allowing a landlord to claim of the security only those amounts as are reasonably necessary for specified purposes. Existing law defines a security for these purposes as any payment, fee, deposit, or charge, including any payment, fee, deposit, or charge, except as specified, that is imposed at a tenancy's beginning to reimburse a landlord for costs associated with processing a new tenant or that is imposed as an advance payment of rent, used for any purpose. Existing law requires a landlord to provide a tenant a copy of an itemized statement, as specified, and return the security's remaining portion to the tenant by personal delivery or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, no later than 21 calendar days after the tenant has vacated the premises, as specified. Existing law authorizes a landlord and tenant to mutually agree to have the landlord deposit electronically the security's remaining portion to a bank account or other financial institution designated by the tenant or provide a copy of the itemized statement to an email account provided by the tenant.
California AB 414 (20252026) — Residential tenancies: return of security.
Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, including generally limiting the amount of security that a landlord may demand or receive to an amount or value equivalent to one month's rent, as provided, and allowing a landlord to claim of the security only those amounts as are reasonably necessary for specified purposes. Existing law defines a security for these purposes as any payment, fee, deposit, or charge, including any payment, fee, deposit, or charge, except as specified, that is imposed at a tenancy's beginning to reimburse a landlord for costs associated with processing a new tenant or that is imposed as an advance payment of rent, used for any purpose. Existing law requires a landlord to provide a tenant a copy of an itemized statement, as specified, and return the security's remaining portion to the tenant by personal delivery or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, no later than 21 calendar days after the tenant has vacated the premises, as specified. Existing law authorizes a landlord and tenant to mutually agree to have the landlord deposit electronically the security's remaining portion to a bank account or other financial institution designated by the tenant or provide a copy of the itemized statement to an email account provided by the tenant.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 414 Pellerin Consent Calendar Second Day — 66–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
AB 414 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Pellerin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-05 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2025-02-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-03-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 1. Page 773.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-03-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-11 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
2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-07-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2395.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2874.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 340, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ba7b6b8-6578-407a-92e7-bde00d9a6c40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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