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CA SB 709

enacted

Self-service storage facilities: rental agreement disclosures.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 709 pass?

Yes. CA SB 709 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 353, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 709 about?

Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, establishes procedures governing the operation of self-service storage facilities, including specifying remedies for facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges. This bill would, for rental agreements initially entered into on or after January 1, 2026, require a rental agreement to disclose, in a prescribed manner, certain items, including whether the rental fee is discounted or promotional, whether the rental fee is subject to change, and the maximum rental fee that the owner could charge during the first 12 months following the date of the rental agreement.

Who sponsors CA SB 709?

Menjivar is the primary sponsor of CA SB 709, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, establishes procedures governing the operation of self-service storage facilities, including specifying remedies for facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges. This bill would, for rental agreements initially entered into on or after January 1, 2026, require a rental agreement to disclose, in a prescribed manner, certain items, including whether the rental fee is discounted or promotional, whether the rental fee is subject to change, and the maximum rental fee that the owner could charge during the first 12 months following the date of the rental agreement.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 353, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Menjivarauthor
  • Garciacoauthor
  • Schultzcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  3. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  4. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  5. 2025-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  6. 2025-04-11

    Set for hearing May 6.

  7. 2025-05-07

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6).

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  8. 2025-05-08

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-05-29

    Ordered to second reading.

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  10. 2025-05-29

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2025-06-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 1466.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  13. 2025-06-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  14. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  15. 2025-06-16

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  16. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 24).

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  17. 2025-06-25

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-09-04

    Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-04

    Read third time and amended.

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  20. 2025-09-10

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 3165.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  21. 2025-09-10

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  22. 2025-09-11

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2894.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  23. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  24. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  25. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 353, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 05/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-08Compare
  • 05/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-29Compare
  • 06/16/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-16Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • SB709Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-05-06 · pass · 11-0

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

  • 3rd Reading SB709 Menjivar et al.

    2025-06-03 · pass · 30-6

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

  • Do pass.

    2025-06-24 · pass · 9-3

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Dixon: no

  • SB 709 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Schultz

    2025-09-10 · pass · 57-17

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

  • Unfinished Business SB709 Menjivar et al. Concurrence

    2025-09-11 · pass · 31-6

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

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