republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-612.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Residential tenancy: victims of human trafficking and elder or dependent adult abuse."
description: "Existing law authorizes a tenant to notify the landlord in writing that he or she or a household member, as defined, was a victim of an act of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult and that the tenant intends to terminate the tenancy. Existing law requires that the tenant attach to the notice to terminate either a copy of a temporary restraining order or protective order that protects the tenant or household member from further domestic violence, sexual assault, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult or a police report, as specified. Existing law permits the tenant to quit the premises after notification and limits the tenant's obligation for payment of rent, as specified. Existing law requires the notice to terminate the tenancy to be given within 180 days of the date the order was issued or the report was made, or as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 612"
citation: "California SB 612 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Residential tenancy: victims of human trafficking and elder or dependent adult abuse."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe278e00-1bd1-49e8-82ca-ec9fc59a3dcf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB612"
source_hash: "103f8cb08e7cf93d1be9fb383c00d0330917d624a35fa12f7d030835f831c6f1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 612 (20132014) — Residential tenancy: victims of human trafficking and elder or dependent adult abuse.

Existing law authorizes a tenant to notify the landlord in writing that he or she or a household member, as defined, was a victim of an act of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult and that the tenant intends to terminate the tenancy. Existing law requires that the tenant attach to the notice to terminate either a copy of a temporary restraining order or protective order that protects the tenant or household member from further domestic violence, sexual assault, or abuse of an elder or dependent adult or a police report, as specified. Existing law permits the tenant to quit the premises after notification and limits the tenant's obligation for payment of rent, as specified. Existing law requires the notice to terminate the tenancy to be given within 180 days of the date the order was issued or the report was made, or as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB612&version=20130SB61299INT)
2. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB612&version=20130SB61298AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB612&version=20130SB61297AMD)
4. **06/12/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB612&version=20130SB61296AMD)
5. **08/19/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB612&version=20130SB61294CHP)
6. **SB612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB612)
7. **08/02/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB612&version=20130SB61295ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB612 Leno Concurrence — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 612 Leno Senate Third Reading By WAGNER — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2013-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 567.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 771.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2246.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-07-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 1681.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2013-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 130, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe278e00-1bd1-49e8-82ca-ec9fc59a3dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).