republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-712.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tenancy: personal micromobility devices."
description: "Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Among other things, existing law prohibits a landlord from prohibiting a tenant from posting or displaying specified political signs or displaying religious items, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 712"
citation: "California SB 712 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tenancy", "personal micromobility devices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d7d39c3-b384-4c96-8727-0d26c083d883"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712"
source_hash: "8c1b3acf7476cdae97e6c7831666851a1e27fc020037d365258e4e742612d7f9"
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 712 (20232024) — Tenancy: personal micromobility devices.

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies. Among other things, existing law prohibits a landlord from prohibiting a tenant from posting or displaying specified political signs or displaying religious items, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712&version=20230SB71299INT)
2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712&version=20230SB71298AMD)
3. **06/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712&version=20230SB71297AMD)
4. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712&version=20230SB71296AMD)
5. **08/31/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712&version=20230SB71295AMD)
6. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712&version=20230SB71293CHP)
7. **SB712** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712)
8. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB712&version=20230SB71294ENR)

## Votes

- SB 712 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Boerner — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB712 Portantino Concurrence — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **9–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 577.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-12** 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`
- **2023-06-14** June 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-06-22** 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`
- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-29** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2023-06-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-31** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2974.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2471.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 630, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d7d39c3-b384-4c96-8727-0d26c083d883`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).