2016 Legislation
Senate Bill 133 (McGuire – D)
Proposal:
This bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to elect to allow platforms, as defined, that elect to assume the responsibility of collecting and remitting transient occupancy taxes on behalf of operators, to collect and remit those taxes to that city, county, or city and county, as specified. For cities, counties, and cities and counties that notify the Controller of their election by April 30, 2017, and for platforms that notify the Controller of their election by March 1, 2017, this collection and remittance would begin on July 1, 2017. For platforms and cities, counties, or cities and counties that provide notifications to the Controller after those dates, the collection and remittance would begin at least 6 months after notification, as specified. The bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to discontinue an election and would make this discontinuance effective at least 6 months after notification to the Controller. The bill would also authorize a platform to discontinue its election, entirely or in part, effective as specified. (Status: Dead)
Senate Bill 1092 (Monning – D)
Proposal:
Requires short term home sharing companies who operate via an internet hosting platform to provide a disclosure to homeowners or tenants listing the property about the need to review their insurance coverage to ensure they are covered in the event of injury or damage during the rental period. If the hosting platform provides primary insurance coverage for the rental period, it may provide an alternate disclosure that encourages the host to review insurance coverage. (Status: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 113, Statutes of 2016.)
Reports:
08/01/2016: Assembly Floor
06/24/2016: Senate Floor
06/17/2016: Assembly Judiciary Committee
05/10/2016: Senate Floor
05/06/2016: Senate Floor
05/02/2016: Senate Judiciary Committee
04/11/2016: Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Bill 1102 (McGuire – D)
Proposal:
Current law requires a hosting platform, as defined, to provide a specific notice to an occupant listing a residence for short-term rental on a hosting platform that states, among other things, that, if the occupant is a tenant, listing the room, home, condominium, or apartment may violate the lease or contract and could result in legal action by the landlord, including possible eviction. Existing law requires the notice to be in a particular font size and be provided immediately before the occupant lists each real property on the hosting platform’s Internet Web site. This bill would modify that font size requirement and would discontinue the requirement that the notice be provided immediately before the listing of each real property. The bill would require the hosting platform to additionally provide to an offeror, prior to the offeror’s listing of a residential unit for short-term rental on the hosting platform’s Internet Web site, a notice disclosing specified information regarding the availability or unavailability of insurance coverage provided by the hosting platform. (Status: Dead)
Reports:
04/13/2016: Senate Committee on Governance and Finance
2015 Legislation
Senate Bill 593 (McGuire – D)
Proposal:
Would authorize a city, county, or city and county to adopt an ordinance that would require a transient residential hosting platform, as defined, to report specified information quarterly to the city, county, or city and county, and to establish, by ordinance, a fine or penalty on a transient residential hosting platform for failure to provide the report. The bill would make the information in the report confidential and require that it not be disclosed. (Status: Dead)
Reports:
05/08/2015: Senate Governance And Finance Committee
05/01/2015: Senate Governance And Finance Committee
04/16/2015: Senate Transportation And Housing Committee
News:
07/04/2015: Senator McGuire will continue Vacation Rental legislation in January (Office of Senator Mike McGuire)
06/10/2015: Airbnb Bill Shelved (North Bay Bohemian)
06/02/2015: Airbnb enlists users to fight state bill (Southern California Public Radio)
04/21/2015: Citing privacy concerns, Airbnb slams bill on short-term rentals (Los Angeles Times)
04/20/2015: Sen. McGuire’s SB 593 Would Provide ‘Blank Search Warrant’ To Cities, Invading Privacy Of Consumers Using Home Sharing Websites, Says Consumer Watchdog (Consumer Watchdog)04/10/2015: Marin Voice: Getting Airbnb rentals to pay their fair share (Marin Independent Journal)
04/08/2015: Senator McGuire’s Online Vacation Rental legislation advances to Senate Committee (Office of Senator Mike McGuire)
03/31/2015: Bill could halt Airbnb, vacation rentals in some CA cities (CalWatchdog)
03/23/2015: McGuire bill targets ‘bed taxes’ (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
03/17/2015: California lawmakers want to regulate home-sharing businesses like Airbnb (Sacramento Bee)
Senate Bill 761 (Hall – D)
Proposal:
Would require a hosting platform, as defined, to provide a specific notice to an occupant listing a residence for short-term rental on a hosting platform that states, among other things, that, if the occupant is a tenant, listing the room, home, condominium, or apartment may violate the lease or contract and could result in legal action by the landlord, including possible eviction. (Status: Chaptered)
Reports:
08/13/2015: Senate Floor
07/10/2015: Assembly Floor
07/01/2015: Assembly Floor
06/26/2015: Assembly Judiciary Committee
05/27/2015: Senate Floor
05/21/2015: Senate Floor
05/11/2015: Senate Judiciary Committee
News:
09/01/2015: New California Law Says Airbnb and Peers Must Warn of Eviction Risks (Associated Press)
06/10/2015: California Assembly OKs Warnings For Airbnb-Type Rentals (Associated Press)
05/28/2015: Senate approves CAA-sponsored Airbnb-related bill (California Apartment Association)
03/23/2015: Legislators piling on: Bills would regulate Airbnb, home-sharing services (Sacramento Business Journal)
03/18/2015: Home-sharing companies such as Airbnb talk taxes, regulation at Capitol (Los Angeles Times)