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CA AB 299

enacted

Motels, hotels, and short-term lodging: disasters.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 299 pass?

Yes. CA AB 299 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-10. Latest recorded action (2025-10-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 299 about?

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of tenancies and defines the term "persons who hire" for the purpose of regulating residential tenancies. Existing law excludes from these provisions occupancy at a hotel or motel if certain conditions are met, including that the occupancy is for a period of 30 days or less, as specified. Existing law establishes a procedure, known as an unlawful detainer action, that a landlord must follow in order to evict a tenant. Under this bill, the continued occupancy of a resident of a lodging, as defined, would not be considered a person who hires, nor have their lodging constitute a new tenancy for purposes of an unlawful detainer action, until the guest has resided in the lodging for 270 days, if the guest is residing in the lodging as a result of a disaster, as defined, that substantially damaged, destroyed, or otherwise made uninhabitable their prior housing, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2031. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 299?

Gabriel is the primary sponsor of CA AB 299, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of tenancies and defines the term "persons who hire" for the purpose of regulating residential tenancies. Existing law excludes from these provisions occupancy at a hotel or motel if certain conditions are met, including that the occupancy is for a period of 30 days or less, as specified. Existing law establishes a procedure, known as an unlawful detainer action, that a landlord must follow in order to evict a tenant. Under this bill, the continued occupancy of a resident of a lodging, as defined, would not be considered a person who hires, nor have their lodging constitute a new tenancy for purposes of an unlawful detainer action, until the guest has resided in the lodging for 270 days, if the guest is residing in the lodging as a result of a disaster, as defined, that substantially damaged, destroyed, or otherwise made uninhabitable their prior housing, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2031. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-03-04
Latest action
2025-10-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gabrielauthor
  • Rivasauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-23

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-01-24

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-04

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

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  5. 2025-03-05

    Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-12

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 12).

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  7. 2025-03-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-04-01

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 950.).

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  9. 2025-04-02

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

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  10. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  11. 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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  12. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15).

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  13. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  15. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3004.).

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  17. 2025-09-13

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  18. 2025-09-13

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3477.)

  19. 2025-09-13

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  20. 2025-09-13

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3477.).

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  21. 2025-09-24

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

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  22. 2025-10-10

    Approved by the Governor.

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  23. 2025-10-10

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/23/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-23Compare
  • 03/04/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-04Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/10/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-10Compare
  • AB299Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass.

    2025-03-12 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Gabriel: other

  • AB 299 Gabriel Third Reading Urgency

    2025-04-01 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Patel: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Essayli: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Davies: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Wicks: other

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-07-15 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: other

  • 3rd Reading AB299 Gabriel et al. By Pérez Urgency Clause

    2025-09-12 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Choi: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Gonzalez: other

  • AB 299 GABRIEL Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-13 · pass · 80-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB299

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