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type: "Bill"
title: "COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a landlord from interrupting or terminating utility service furnished to a tenant with the intent to terminate the occupancy of the tenant and imposes specified penalties on a landlord who violates that prohibition. Existing law, until July 1, 2021, imposes additional damages in an amount of at least $1,000, but not more than $2,500, on a landlord that violates that prohibition if the tenant has provided a declaration of COVID-19 financial distress, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 832"
citation: "California AB 832 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bc5f3bd-9a46-42ca-a7e8-a5e6e7fa8d2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832"
source_hash: "0461851ed395b5cf4664190aaed13c68f1dea83d184788a99614bec75a2e467c"
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 832 (20212022) — COVID-19 relief: tenancy: federal rental assistance.
(1) Existing law prohibits a landlord from interrupting or terminating utility service furnished to a tenant with the intent to terminate the occupancy of the tenant and imposes specified penalties on a landlord who violates that prohibition. Existing law, until July 1, 2021, imposes additional damages in an amount of at least $1,000, but not more than $2,500, on a landlord that violates that prohibition if the tenant has provided a declaration of COVID-19 financial distress, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83299INT)
2. **05/10/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83298AMD)
3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83297AMD)
4. **06/28/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83296AMD)
5. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83294CHP)
6. **AB832** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832)
7. **06/28/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB832&version=20210AB83295ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 832 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — **659** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **80** (pass) · lower
- 2nd Reading AB832 Chiu et al. By Caballero Urgency Clause — **340** (pass) · upper
- Do pass with recommendation: That the Floor amendments be adopted. — **83** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Chiu — primary (person)
- Bloom — author (person)
- Caballero — author (person)
- Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
- Reyes — author (person)
- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1542.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Bloom.
- **2021-06-24** Assembly Rule 78 suspended. (Page 2093.)
- **2021-06-24** From inactive file.
- **2021-06-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-06-25** Bill and proposed amendments
- **2021-06-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** Pursuant to Assembly Rule 56.1, file notice requirements waived.
- **2021-06-28** From committee: Do pass with recommendation: That the Floor amendments be adopted. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** (Ayes 8. Noes 3.)
- **2021-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-06-28** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2113.)
- **2021-06-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 2116.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 9. Page 2117.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2021-06-28** Article IV, Section 8(b) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1657.)
- **2021-06-28** Joint and Senate Rules suspended.
- **2021-06-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1659.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7:30 p.m.
- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 27, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bc5f3bd-9a46-42ca-a7e8-a5e6e7fa8d2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).