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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 448: Trespassing: removal of trespassers on residential property.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 448 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Trespassing: removal of trespassers on residential property. Primary sponsor: Thomas Umberg (D). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law prohibits the tenant of a property to remain on a property after the lawful termination of a lease agreement, as specified. Existing law prescribes a procedure for obtaining a judgment against such a tenant and for effecting the eviction of that tenant.

Existing law prohibits entering or occupying real property or structures without the consent of the owner.

This bill would define a squatter as somebody who unlawfully enters and remains in a residential property and, upon request, refuses to leave or falsely claims a legal right of possession.

This bill would prescribe a procedure for the notice and removal of a squatter by a local law enforcement agency. The bill would authorize a property owner or their agent to serve a demand to vacate, as specified, upon a squatter. The bill would authorize the owner or agent, after service of the demand, to submit a request, signed under penalty of perjury, to the local law enforcement agency with primary jurisdiction where the property is located, as specified.

By expanding the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandate local program.

This bill would require the law enforcement agency, upon receipt of the request, to verify the request and, upon verification, to remove the unlawful occupants from the property without unreasonable delay, as specified. The bill would describe the duties of local law enforcement personnel during a removal.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Thomas UmbergPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Anamarie Ávila FaríasCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly15
James GallagherCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly3
Tina McKinnorCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly61
Roger NielloCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Sasha Renée PérezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Kelly SeyartoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
  2. May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  3. Set for hearing May 23.
  4. May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  5. Set for hearing May 12.
  6. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 940.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  7. Set for hearing April 29.
  8. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  9. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 709.) (April 8).
  10. Set for hearing April 8.
  11. Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.
  12. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page