republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2493.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tenancy: application screening fee."
description: "Existing law authorizes a landlord or their agent, when they receive a request to rent a residential property, to charge an application screening fee to cover the cost of obtaining information about the applicant. Existing law also prohibits a landlord or their agent from charging an applicant an application screening fee when they know or should have known that no rental unit is available at that time or will be available within a reasonable period of time, unless the applicant agrees in writing. Existing law also requires a landlord or their agent, if an applicant that has paid an application screening fee makes a request, to provide a copy of the consumer credit report to the applicant who is the subject of that report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2493"
citation: "California AB 2493 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tenancy", "application screening fee"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pellerin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2be175f-5541-4b61-bd3e-0d1dd9845ad4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493"
source_hash: "22d1fd7f37ce28e5c2938febfe3759144ef0d292f38832f16fe145917d5965d5"
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 2493 (20232024) — Tenancy: application screening fee.

Existing law authorizes a landlord or their agent, when they receive a request to rent a residential property, to charge an application screening fee to cover the cost of obtaining information about the applicant. Existing law also prohibits a landlord or their agent from charging an applicant an application screening fee when they know or should have known that no rental unit is available at that time or will be available within a reasonable period of time, unless the applicant agrees in writing. Existing law also requires a landlord or their agent, if an applicant that has paid an application screening fee makes a request, to provide a copy of the consumer credit report to the applicant who is the subject of that report.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493&version=20230AB249399INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493&version=20230AB249398AMD)
3. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493&version=20230AB249397AMD)
4. **06/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493&version=20230AB249396AMD)
5. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493&version=20230AB249394CHP)
6. **AB2493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493)
7. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493&version=20230AB249395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2493 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–10** (pass) · lower
- AB 2493 Pellerin Assembly Third Reading — **59–8** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2493 Pellerin et al. By Laird — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pellerin — primary (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 8. Page 5295.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 5227.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 6558.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 966, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2be175f-5541-4b61-bd3e-0d1dd9845ad4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).