republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1188.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dwelling units: persons at risk of homelessness."
description: "Existing law specifies various terms and conditions that apply to all persons who hire dwelling units located within this state, including tenants, lessees, boarders, lodgers, and others. Existing law defines a \"dwelling unit\" for these purposes as a structure or part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by 2 or more persons who maintain a common household."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1188"
citation: "California AB 1188 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dwelling units: persons at risk of homelessness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96221d75-b37e-41c8-94ae-5d937bc5d739"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188"
source_hash: "b734b4f62adea7f101e5d5db1737bc92ef2daba09297454d9f8fe0d5b5cfd431"
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 AB 1188 (20192020) — Dwelling units: persons at risk of homelessness.

Existing law specifies various terms and conditions that apply to all persons who hire dwelling units located within this state, including tenants, lessees, boarders, lodgers, and others. Existing law defines a "dwelling unit" for these purposes as a structure or part of a structure that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by 2 or more persons who maintain a common household.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188&version=20190AB118899INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188&version=20190AB118898AMD)
3. **05/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188&version=20190AB118897AMD)
4. **07/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188&version=20190AB118896AMD)
5. **08/26/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188&version=20190AB118895AMD)
6. **09/26/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188&version=20190AB118893CHP)
7. **AB1188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188)
8. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1188&version=20190AB118894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1188 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1188 Gabriel By Gonzalez — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1188 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gabriel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1568.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-01** From Consent Calendar.
- **2019-07-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2480.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3111.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 339, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96221d75-b37e-41c8-94ae-5d937bc5d739`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).