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type: "Bill"
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title: "COVID-19 relief."
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description: "(1) Existing law, the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, until July 1, 2025, establishes procedural requirements and limitations on evictions for nonpayment of rent due to COVID-19 rental debt, as defined. Existing law, among other things, prohibits a tenant that delivers a declaration, under penalty of perjury, of COVID-19-related financial distress from being deemed in default with regard to the COVID-19 rental debt, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 81"
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citation: "California AB 81 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["COVID-19 relief."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2020-12-07"
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last_action: "2021-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/370b6744-4522-4f08-bf49-6534a58efb54"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB81"
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source_hash: "22b1302ac3c6deb7b8ce3390e310c202251c17d58c942aefaab776eaa0b682b0"
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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 81 (20212022) — COVID-19 relief.
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(1) Existing law, the COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act, until July 1, 2025, establishes procedural requirements and limitations on evictions for nonpayment of rent due to COVID-19 rental debt, as defined. Existing law, among other things, prohibits a tenant that delivers a declaration, under penalty of perjury, of COVID-19-related financial distress from being deemed in default with regard to the COVID-19 rental debt, as specified.
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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. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB81&version=20210AB8199INT)
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2. **02/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB81&version=20210AB8198AMD)
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3. **02/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB81&version=20210AB8196CHP)
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4. **AB81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB81)
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5. **02/22/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB81&version=20210AB8197ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB81 Ting By Skinner — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 81 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 81 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **48–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ting — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
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- **2021-01-11** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-11** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2021-01-11** (Ayes 46. Noes 13. Page 108.)
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- **2021-01-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-01-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 13. Page 161.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2021-02-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
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- **2021-02-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (February 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
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- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 437.)
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- **2021-02-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 440.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2021-02-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-02-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 5, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/370b6744-4522-4f08-bf49-6534a58efb54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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