20250SB__070992CHP INTRODUCED 2025-02-21 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-03-24 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-05-08 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-05-29 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-06-16 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-09-04 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-09-10 PASSED_SENATE 2025-09-11 ENROLLED 2025-09-16 CHAPTERED 2025-10-06 APPROVED 2025-10-06 FILED 2025-10-06 2025 SB CHP CHP 0 Introduced by Senator Menjivar (Coauthors: Assembly Members Garcia and Schultz) LEAD_AUTHOR SENATE Menjivar COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Garcia COAUTHOR ASSEMBLY Schultz

An act to add

Section 21715.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to business. business Self-service storage facilities: rental agreement disclosures. Existing law, the California Self-Service Storage Facility Act, establishes procedures governing the operation of self-service storage facilities, including specifying remedies for facility owners when occupants are delinquent in paying rent or other charges.

This bill would, for rental agreements initially entered into on or after January 1, 2026, require a rental agreement to disclose, in a prescribed manner, certain items, including whether the rental fee is discounted or promotional, whether the rental fee is subject to change, and the maximum rental fee that the owner could charge during the first months following the date of the rental agreement. MAJORITY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION

Section 21715.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code , to read: 21715.2. (

a) A rental agreement shall disclose, in the manner described in subdivision (b), all of the following:

(1) The initial length and renewal term of the rental agreement.

(2) Whether the occupant has received a promotional or discounted rental fee.

(3) If the occupant has received a promotional or discounted rental fee, the duration of the promotional or discounted rental fee.

(4) Whether the rental fee is subject to change and, if so, the maximum rental fee that the owner could charge during the first months following the date of the rental agreement.

(5) All required steps for the occupant to terminate the rental agreement and avoid future rental fees or other charges, including removing all personal property from the occupant’s storage space.

(6) Contact information for the owner. (b)

(1) The disclosures required by paragraphs (1) through (5), inclusive, of subdivision (

a) shall be made on the first page of the rental agreement.

(2) The disclosures required by subdivision (

a) shall be made in larger type than the surrounding text and in a manner that clearly calls attention to the language and meet either of the following criteria: (

A) The disclosures are in contrasting type, font, or color to the surrounding text. (

B) The disclosures are set off from the surrounding text by symbols or by other marks. (

c) This

section shall apply only to a rental agreement initially entered into on or after January 1, 2026.