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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 522: Housing: tenant protections.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 522 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Housing: tenant protections. Primary sponsor: Aisha Wahab (D). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 10, 2025): Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

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Official summary

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

Existing law governs the hiring of residential dwelling units. Existing law, the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, prohibits, until January 1, 2030, an owner of residential real property from terminating the tenancy of certain tenants without just cause, either at-fault or no-fault of the tenant. The act exempts certain types of residential real properties from that prohibition, including, among others, housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within the previous 15 years.

This bill would exclude housing built to replace a previous housing unit that was subject to the Tenant Protection Act of 2019, was substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as defined, and was issued a certificate of occupancy before that housing unit was substantially damaged or destroyed, from the above-described exemption from the just cause requirements.

This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1946.2 of the Civil Code proposed by AB 1529 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1529 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Aisha WahabPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Benjamin AllenCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Robert GarciaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly50
Ash KalraCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly25

“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. Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
  2. Ordered to third reading.
  3. Read third time and amended.
  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  5. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 15).
  6. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  7. Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
  8. July 2 set for first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.
  9. Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD.
  10. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  11. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1457.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Sources

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