AB223Introduced in the Assembly
Revises provisions relating to the habitability of rental property. (BDR 10-684)
Introduced by Venicia Considine, District 18
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to real property; authorizing a tenant whose landlord fails to remedy a failure to maintain a dwelling unit in a habitable condition to file a verified complaint for expedited relief; revising certain provisions relating to the content of written rental agreements; revising provisions relating to the payment of rent; revising provisions relating to requirements for habitability; revising provisions relating to the remedies a tenant is authorized to pursue if a landlord fails to remedy certain breaches or failures relating to habitability; providing that certain items and services constitute essential items and services for purposes of such provisions; revising the amounts which a tenant is authorized to recover from a landlord who takes certain unlawful actions or fails to make required disclosures; requiring a landlord to, under certain circumstances, provide a tenant who has terminated a rental agreement with a reasonable length of time to gather his or her belongings; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
(No further action taken.)
June 3, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
Assembly votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · May 21, 2025
13
Yes
8
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | Yes |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | Yes |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | Yes |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | No |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled.
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.
Read first time.
To printer.
From printer. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 46.)
Dispensed with reprinting.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.)
To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To Senate.
In Senate.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To committee.
From committee: Do pass.
Read second time.
Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
Read third time. Passed. Title approved. (Yeas: 13, Nays: 8.) To Assembly.
In Assembly. To enrollment.
Enrolled and delivered to Governor.
Vetoed by the Governor.
Returned to Assembly with Governor's veto message.
(No further action taken.)
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