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CA AB 246

enacted

Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law provides that a tenant is guilty of unlawful detainer if the tenant continues to possess the property without permission of the landlord after the tenant defaults on rent or fails to perform a condition or covenant of the lease under which the property is held, among other reasons. Existing law requires a tenant be served a 3 days' notice in writing to cure a default or perform a condition of the lease, or return possession of the property to the landlord, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2030, prohibits an owner of residential real property from terminating a tenancy without just cause, as specified. This bill would, until January 20, 2029, enact the Social Security Tenant Protection Act of 2025 (the Act) . The Act would authorize a tenant of residential real property to assert Social Security hardship as an affirmative defense in an unlawful detainer proceeding based on the nonpayment of rent. The Act would define "Social Security hardship" as a loss of income due to an interruption in the payment of Social Security benefits due to the action or inaction of the federal government. The Act would require a tenant asserting Social Security hardship as an affirmative defense to provide, to the satisfaction of the court, evidence that Social Security payments typically received by the tenant's household have been terminated, delayed, or reduced due to no fault of the tenant and that the hardship prevented the tenant from paying the rent. If the tenant successfully provides this evidence, the Act would require the court to issue a stay of the unlawful detainer action, as specified. The Act would not relieve a tenant of their obligation to pay past due rent, and it would require a tenant, within 14 days of the Social Security benefits being restored, to either pay all past due rent or enter into a mutually agreed upon payment plan with the owner of the residential real property. If the tenant pays all past due rent or enters into a payment plan with the owner, the Act would require the court to either dismiss the unlawful detainer action with prejudice or set aside the judgment against all named and unnamed defendants in the action. The Act would further require the Judicial Council, by January 1, 2027, to adopt or modify forms as needed to implement the Act.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Status date
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Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 337, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bryanauthor
  • Elhawarycoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor
  • Celeste Rodriguezcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-01-16

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.

  3. 2025-02-10

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-02-25

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-04

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (March 4).

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  7. 2025-03-05

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  8. 2025-03-06

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-03-28

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 939.)

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  10. 2025-04-10

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1104.)

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  11. 2025-04-10

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

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  12. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 29).

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  13. 2025-05-01

    Read second time and amended.

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  14. 2025-05-05

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  16. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  17. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 13. Page 2077.)

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  19. 2025-06-05

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  20. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  21. 2025-07-03

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  22. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15).

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  23. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2025-08-13

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  25. 2025-08-18

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  26. 2025-08-18

    (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 2174.)

  27. 2025-08-25

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  28. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  29. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  30. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2699.).

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  31. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  32. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 17. Page 3233.).

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  33. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  34. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  35. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 337, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/15/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-15Compare
  • 02/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-02-24Compare
  • 03/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-05Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 08/18/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-18Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • AB246Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-03-04 · pass · 8-3

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Bryan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Chen: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Essayli: no
    • Pacheco: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-29 · pass · 8-3

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Papan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Pacheco: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 246 Bryan Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 49-13

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Chen: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Davies: no
    • Lackey: other
    • Patel: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Papan: other
    • Flora: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Ta: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Niello: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: other

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB246 Bryan et al. By Wahab

    2025-09-09 · pass · 27-11

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Jones: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Archuleta: no
    • Grayson: other
    • Blakespear: other

  • AB 246 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 50-17

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Ávila Farías: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Chen: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Valencia: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Papan: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Zbur: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Flora: other

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