Senate Bill 91, COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act extension and State Rental Assistance Program (Stats. 2021, ch. 2)

The record

Jurisdiction

California

Level

State

Authority

Cal. Const. art. IV; Stats. 2021, ch. 2 (budget bill; immediate effect)

Issued

2021-01-29 Jan. 29, 2021

Effective

2021-01-29

End

extended the covered time period and protections to June 30, 2021 (then AB 832 to Sept. 30, 2021); rental-debt sale prohibition to July 1, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

Jan. 29, 2021 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public officesOther

Addressees

• landlords
• debt buyers and collectors
• courts
• mortgage servicers (Homeowner Act amendments)

Functions reached

• SV (rental-debt collection and sale barred; forbearance notices)
• CB

Collection

Financial Services SEC-13

Operative words

This bill would extend operation of these requirements from January 31, 2021, to June 30, 2021.... This bill, until July 1, 2021, would prohibit a person from selling or assigning unpaid COVID-19 rental debt, as defined, for the time period between March 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021.... would require that the court stay proceedings in any such action pending as of the operative date of this bill until that date.

Enforcement

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