republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1051.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Victims of abuse or violence: lock changes."
description: "Existing law requires a landlord to change the locks of a protected tenant's dwelling unit upon the protected tenant's written request not later than 24 hours after the protected tenant gives the landlord a copy of a court order or police report that restrains a person who is not a tenant of the same dwelling unit as the protected tenant from contact with the protected tenant. Existing law permits the protected tenant to change the locks if the landlord fails to do so within 24 hours, as provided. For these purposes, existing law defines \"protected tenant\" as a tenant who has obtained a court order, as defined, or a police report showing that the tenant or the tenant's household member is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1051"
citation: "California SB 1051 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Victims of abuse or violence", "lock changes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7f19568-b245-494a-9cbe-cf284ad6012f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1051"
source_hash: "1ddf6b101901a4bab115d6b9792b3b6ad94fbc98251dfb168aa9a919293b8c77"
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 SB 1051 (20232024) — Victims of abuse or violence: lock changes.

Existing law requires a landlord to change the locks of a protected tenant's dwelling unit upon the protected tenant's written request not later than 24 hours after the protected tenant gives the landlord a copy of a court order or police report that restrains a person who is not a tenant of the same dwelling unit as the protected tenant from contact with the protected tenant. Existing law permits the protected tenant to change the locks if the landlord fails to do so within 24 hours, as provided. For these purposes, existing law defines "protected tenant" as a tenant who has obtained a court order, as defined, or a police report showing that the tenant or the tenant's household member is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1051&version=20230SB105199INT)
2. **03/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1051&version=20230SB105198AMD)
3. **04/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1051&version=20230SB105197AMD)
4. **05/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1051&version=20230SB105196AMD)
5. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1051&version=20230SB105194CHP)
6. **SB1051** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1051)
7. **06/19/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1051&version=20230SB105195ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1051 Eggman Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3725.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4022.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5887.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-17** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 75, 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/d7f19568-b245-494a-9cbe-cf284ad6012f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).