Landlord-tenant: internet service provider subscriptions.

Housing

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Ransom
Last action: 2025-10-10
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact penalties and enforcement mechanisms are not specified in the provided official source material.

Landlord-Tenant Rules for Internet Service Provider Subscriptions

This law requires landlords to allow tenants to refuse to pay for internet service provider subscriptions and protects tenants from retaliation if they opt out.

What This Bill Does

Requires landlords to allow tenants to opt out of paying for any subscription from a third-party internet service provider starting January 1, 2026.
Authorizes tenants to deduct the cost of these subscriptions from their rent if the landlord does not follow this rule.
Prohibits landlords from retaliating against tenants who choose not to pay for a subscription.

Who It Names or Affects

Landlords managing residential properties on a month-to-month or periodic basis.
Tenants living in these types of rental units.

Terms To Know

Opt out: Choosing not to participate in something, like an internet service provider subscription.
Retaliation: When someone punishes another person for exercising their rights or making a complaint.

Limits and Unknowns

The law only applies to residential tenancies that start, renew, or continue on a month-to-month basis after January 1, 2026.
It does not cover subscriptions provided by the landlord themselves.

Bill History

2025-10-10 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 506, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-10 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-22 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-10 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 10. Page 3206.).
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-09 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2734.).
2025-09-03 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-26 California Legislative Information
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-07-03 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-02 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1).
2025-06-19 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1172.)
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1414, Ransom.
Landlord-tenant: internet service provider subscriptions.
Existing law governs the obligations of tenants and landlords. Existing law authorizes a tenant to deduct the payment made to a public utility or publicly owned utility or a district from the rent, as specified. Existing law prohibits a lessor who has retaliated against a lessee for exercising the lessee’s prescribed rights from recovering possession of a dwelling, causing the lessee to quit involuntarily, increasing the rent, or decreasing services within 180 days of the occurrence of specified events relating to tenability, if the lessee is not in default on their rent, as specified. Existing law presumes that the hiring of real property is renewed for a specified amount of time, under specified circumstances.
For any residential tenancy commenced, renewed, or continuing on a month-to-month or other periodic basis, on or after January 1,
2026, this bill would require a landlord or their agent to allow the tenant to opt out of paying for any subscription from a third-party internet service provider for specified services in connection with the tenancy. If the landlord or their agent violates this provision, the bill would authorize the tenant to deduct the cost of the subscription from the rent. The bill would prohibit a landlord or their agent from retaliating against a tenant for exercising their rights pursuant to this bill and consistent with the
above-described provision on retaliation, as provided.

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