republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-861.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mobilehome parks: rental restrictions: management."
description: "Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, regulates mobilehome parks and subjects the owner of the park and any person employed by the park to all park rules and regulations to the same extent as residents and their guests. Existing law exempts from those provisions any rules and regulations governing the age of residents or guests, and actions that are taken to fulfill a park owner's maintenance, management, and business operation responsibilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 861"
citation: "California AB 861 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mobilehome parks: rental restrictions: management."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a282477e-9276-4597-9732-c99216f8a2e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB861"
source_hash: "78f657ad1e6875f74960bf8982b496b1783cbda18b8ab2b4f76235bbf231ebe0"
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 861 (20212022) — Mobilehome parks: rental restrictions: management.

Existing law, the Mobilehome Residency Law, regulates mobilehome parks and subjects the owner of the park and any person employed by the park to all park rules and regulations to the same extent as residents and their guests. Existing law exempts from those provisions any rules and regulations governing the age of residents or guests, and actions that are taken to fulfill a park owner's maintenance, management, and business operation responsibilities.

## 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=202120220AB861&version=20210AB86199INT)
2. **04/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB861&version=20210AB86198AMD)
3. **05/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB861&version=20210AB86197AMD)
4. **06/17/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB861&version=20210AB86196AMD)
5. **09/01/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB861&version=20210AB86195AMD)
6. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB861&version=20210AB86193CHP)
7. **AB861** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB861)
8. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB861&version=20210AB86194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 861 Bennett Assembly Third Reading — **41–20** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB861 Bennett By Umberg — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 861 BENNETT Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **47–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (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 Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 20. Page 1366.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-06-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2565.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3063.)
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 21. Page 3068.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 706, 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/a282477e-9276-4597-9732-c99216f8a2e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).