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type: "Bill"
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title: "Residential tenancies: return of security."
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description: "Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, including generally limiting the amount of security that a landlord may demand or receive to an amount or value equivalent to one month's rent, as provided, and allowing a landlord to claim of the security only those amounts as are reasonably necessary for specified purposes. Existing law defines a security for these purposes as any payment, fee, deposit, or charge, including any payment, fee, deposit, or charge, except as specified, that is imposed at a tenancy's beginning to reimburse a landlord for costs associated with processing a new tenant or that is imposed as an advance payment of rent, used for any purpose. Existing law requires a landlord to provide a tenant a copy of an itemized statement, as specified, and return the security's remaining portion to the tenant by personal delivery or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, no later than 21 calendar days after the tenant has vacated the premises, as specified. Existing law authorizes a landlord and tenant to mutually agree to have the landlord deposit electronically the security's remaining portion to a bank account or other financial institution designated by the tenant or provide a copy of the itemized statement to an email account provided by the tenant."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 414"
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citation: "California AB 414 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Residentialtenancies", "returnofsecurity"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pellerin"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ba7b6b8-6578-407a-92e7-bde00d9a6c40"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414"
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source_hash: "20802304d778d835d4befcbbc5d1b48c1dea8a1c7958e22f7fe3dd6d3a806778"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 414 (20252026) — Residential tenancies: return of security.
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Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of residential tenancies, including generally limiting the amount of security that a landlord may demand or receive to an amount or value equivalent to one month's rent, as provided, and allowing a landlord to claim of the security only those amounts as are reasonably necessary for specified purposes. Existing law defines a security for these purposes as any payment, fee, deposit, or charge, including any payment, fee, deposit, or charge, except as specified, that is imposed at a tenancy's beginning to reimburse a landlord for costs associated with processing a new tenant or that is imposed as an advance payment of rent, used for any purpose. Existing law requires a landlord to provide a tenant a copy of an itemized statement, as specified, and return the security's remaining portion to the tenant by personal delivery or by first-class mail, postage prepaid, no later than 21 calendar days after the tenant has vacated the premises, as specified. Existing law authorizes a landlord and tenant to mutually agree to have the landlord deposit electronically the security's remaining portion to a bank account or other financial institution designated by the tenant or provide a copy of the itemized statement to an email account provided by the tenant.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/04/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414&version=20250AB41499INT)
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2. **03/12/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414&version=20250AB41498AMD)
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3. **06/11/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414&version=20250AB41497AMD)
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4. **07/08/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414&version=20250AB41496AMD)
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5. **08/19/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414&version=20250AB41495AMD)
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6. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414&version=20250AB41493CHP)
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7. **AB414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414)
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8. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB414&version=20250AB41494ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB414 Pellerin By Laird — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 414 Pellerin Consent Calendar Second Day — **66–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 414 Pellerin Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Pellerin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-05** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
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- **2025-02-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 1. Page 773.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-07-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2395.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2874.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 340, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ba7b6b8-6578-407a-92e7-bde00d9a6c40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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