SB-436 • 2026

Unlawful detainer: notice to terminate tenancy.

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Wahab
Last action: 2025-06-24
Official status: June 24 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) Reconsideration granted.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details about conforming changes beyond mentioning they would be made, so this part was removed as unsupported.

Extended Notice for Rent Payment

This law increases the notice period a landlord must give to a tenant who is behind on rent from three days to fourteen days before starting legal action.

What This Bill Does

Increases the time a landlord has to wait after sending a notice of termination of tenancy for unpaid rent, from three days to fourteen days.
Requires landlords to give tenants at least 14 days to fix any issues with rent payments before taking legal action.

Who It Names or Affects

Landlords who own rental properties
Tenants living in rental homes or apartments

Terms To Know

Unlawful detainer: A legal process a landlord uses to remove a tenant from the property if they break their lease agreement, like not paying rent.
Tenancy: The period during which someone lives in a rental home or apartment under an agreement with the landlord.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass and was reconsidered but failed to move forward.
It does not affect other reasons for ending a tenancy, like breaking lease rules besides rent payment issues.

Bill History

2025-06-24 California Legislative Information
June 24 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) Reconsideration granted.
2025-06-18 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-17 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-09 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 1386.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-06 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-05 California Legislative Information
Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-05 California Legislative Information
Withdrawn from committee.
2025-05-01 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 940.) (April 29).
2025-04-21 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-04-11 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2025-02-18 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 436, as amended, Wahab.
Unlawful detainer: notice to terminate tenancy.
Existing law prescribes summary procedures for actions to obtain possession of real property. Existing law authorizes a landlord to serve a notice of termination of tenancy on a tenant who is in default in the payment of rent. The notice must permit the tenant at least 3 days, excluding weekends and judicial holidays, to pay the amount that is in default and due. If the tenant does not pay the amount stated in the 3-day notice to pay rent or quit after its expiration, the landlord may file a complaint for unlawful detainer against the tenant to obtain possession of the premises.
This bill would extend the notice period described above, to terminate a tenancy on a tenant who is in default in the payment of rent, to permit the tenant at least 14 days, excluding weekends and judicial holidays, to pay the amount that is in default and due. The
bill would also make conforming changes.

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