republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2801.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tenancy: security deposits."
description: "Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, including limitations on the demanding or receiving of security, as defined, from a tenant and charging amounts against the tenant or the security. Existing law limits the landlord's claim of the security to only those amounts as are reasonably necessary for specified purposes, including, but not limited to, the repair of damages to the premises, exclusive of ordinary wear and tear, caused by the tenant or by a guest or licensee of the tenant, and the cleaning of the premises upon the termination of the tenancy necessary to return the unit to the same level of cleanliness it was in at the inception of the tenancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2801"
citation: "California AB 2801 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tenancy", "security deposits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd8e356-5941-4e37-8689-37f484682e21"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801"
source_hash: "8dbd35854766235397cf3ea015cda8ef03be669f9e4ad66ff49bb126b98b043c"
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 2801 (20232024) — Tenancy: security deposits.

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, including limitations on the demanding or receiving of security, as defined, from a tenant and charging amounts against the tenant or the security. Existing law limits the landlord's claim of the security to only those amounts as are reasonably necessary for specified purposes, including, but not limited to, the repair of damages to the premises, exclusive of ordinary wear and tear, caused by the tenant or by a guest or licensee of the tenant, and the cleaning of the premises upon the termination of the tenancy necessary to return the unit to the same level of cleanliness it was in at the inception of the tenancy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801&version=20230AB280199INT)
2. **04/25/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801&version=20230AB280198AMD)
3. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801&version=20230AB280197AMD)
4. **09/19/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801&version=20230AB280195CHP)
5. **AB2801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801)
6. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801&version=20230AB280196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2801 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–16** (pass) · lower
- AB 2801 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — **54–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2801 Friedman By Wahab — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Friedman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** 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`
- **2024-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 14. Page 5188.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 16.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2024-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 280, 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/6bd8e356-5941-4e37-8689-37f484682e21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).