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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mobilehomes: rental agreements."
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description: "The Mobilehome Residency Law governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Among other things, the Mobilehome Residency Law exempts a rental agreement that satisfies specified criteria from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure adopted by a local governmental entity that establishes a maximum amount a landlord may charge a tenant for rent. In order for the exemption to apply, existing law requires the rental agreement to, among other things, enable the homeowner to void the rental agreement by notifying management in writing within 72 hours of the homeowner's execution of the agreement."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 1938"
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citation: "California AB 1938 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Mobilehomes: rental agreements."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2012-02-22"
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last_action: "2012-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27c33e27-a6ec-43ac-a033-d74785ce4a19"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938"
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source_hash: "736ee94cb1292c69926659eb730a758b924b162483b21bfba7e341ffd97edecd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1938 (20112012) — Mobilehomes: rental agreements.
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The Mobilehome Residency Law governs the terms and conditions of residency in mobilehome parks. Among other things, the Mobilehome Residency Law exempts a rental agreement that satisfies specified criteria from any ordinance, rule, regulation, or initiative measure adopted by a local governmental entity that establishes a maximum amount a landlord may charge a tenant for rent. In order for the exemption to apply, existing law requires the rental agreement to, among other things, enable the homeowner to void the rental agreement by notifying management in writing within 72 hours of the homeowner's execution of the agreement.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938&version=20110AB193899INT)
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2. **04/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938&version=20110AB193898AMD)
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3. **04/18/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938&version=20110AB193897AMD)
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4. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938&version=20110AB193896AMD)
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5. **05/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938&version=20110AB193895AMD)
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6. **05/17/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938&version=20110AB193894AMD)
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7. **09/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938&version=20110AB193892CHP)
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8. **AB1938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938)
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9. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1938&version=20110AB193893ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1938 Williams By Evans — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1938 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — **73–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2012-03-08** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-05-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4873.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 4909.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2012-05-31** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4691.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2012-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 477, Statutes of 2012.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27c33e27-a6ec-43ac-a033-d74785ce4a19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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