CA SB 1296

introduced

Real property: rentals: pet policy.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law governs the obligations of tenants and landlords. Existing law prohibits a landlord who allows an animal on the premises from advertising or establishing rental policies in a manner that requires a tenant or a potential tenant with an animal to have that animal declawed or devocalized as a condition of occupancy, as provided. This bill would require a landlord who allows a tenant to have a pet on the premises to have a pet policy in writing and to provide access to the property's pet policy on the property's internet website, in digital advertisements, and in information provided to a residential rental search engine, as prescribed. The bill would require a landlord to provide a written copy or summary of the property's established pet policy or its pet addendum with any rental application form. The bill would require a pet policy or pet addendum to include specified information, including a description of the rights, responsibilities, and requirements for tenant pet owners at the property. The bill would establish conditions for a landlord to substantially comply with the bill's provisions and would specify that nonmaterial errors or omissions by a landlord that are corrected upon notice would not constitute a violation of the bill's provisions. The bill would not affect obligations or rights under state or federal law relating to service and support animals. The bill would require any landlord who charges an application fee but fails to disclose their established pet policy or pet addendum before charging the fee, and due to the landlord's failure to disclose that information, the applicant is no longer eligible to rent the unit or declines to proceed with the application, to refund the application fee to the applicant, as specified. The bill would make the bill's provisions operative on April 1, 2027.

Introduced: 2026-02-20
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-10 — Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-02-20
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2026-02-23
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-23
Read first time.
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2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-03-27
Set for hearing April 28.
2026-04-20
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-04-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4085.) (April 28).
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2026-04-30
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-18
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4321.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-19
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-26
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-06-03
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 9).
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2026-06-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Versions

02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
04/20/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-20Compare
06/03/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-03Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass
2026-04-28 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Laird: yes
- Allen: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Stern: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
3rd Reading
2026-05-18 · pass · 34-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Caballero: yes
- Grove: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Stern: yes
- Limón: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Jones: other
- Niello: other
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other
- Padilla: other
Do pass.
2026-06-09 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Stefani: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Papan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: other
- Dixon: other

Related bills

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