Chris Ward
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 78
Author
Existing law authorizes a landlord, or the landlord's agent, who receives a request to rent a residential property from an applicant to charge that applicant an application screening fee to cover the costs of obtaining information about the applicant. This bill would define the term "reusable tenant screening report" to mean a consumer report, as defined, that was prepared within the previous 30 days by a consumer reporting agency at the request and expense of an applicant, is made directly available to the landlord for use in the rental application process or is provided through a third-party website that regularly engages in the business of providing reusable tenant screening reports that are available to landlords and complies with all state and federal laws pertaining to use and disclosure of information contained in a consumer report by a consumer reporting agency, and is available to the landlord at no cost to access or use. The bill would require a reusable tenant screening report to include specified information, including the results of an eviction history check, as prescribed. The bill would prohibit a landlord from charging the applicant a fee for the landlord to access the report or an application screening fee.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 288, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 6081.).
Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 4941.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 21).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 8. Page 4697.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2559 | HTML |
| 02/17/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/26/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/04/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/23/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/25/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/13/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/25/22- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 05/01/22- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 05/06/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/10/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/17/22- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/28/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/22/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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