Bill Text: CA AB1497 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hosting platforms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 599, Statutes of 2019. [AB1497 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB1497-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1497

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Introduced by Assembly Member Holden

February 22, 2019

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An act relating to business.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1497, as introduced, Holden. Hosting platforms.

Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, prohibits an owner of housing from engaging in specific acts of discrimination against a person seeking to purchase, rent, or lease any housing accommodation.

Existing law requires a hosting platform, as defined, to provide notice, as specified, to an offeror listing a residence for short-term rental on the hosting platform.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make hosting platforms subject to fair housing laws.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would make hosting platforms subject to fair housing laws.