---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rental vehicles: passenger vehicles."
description: "Rental vehicles: passenger vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 491"
citation: "California AB 491 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rental vehicles: passenger vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frommer"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96544477-4a67-4d0d-8eeb-a0a562f973eb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491"
source_hash: "f3c98b31bcf38b536719de8e430d007704addc57a4027792df05ad36f268e498"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 491 (20012002) — Rental vehicles: passenger vehicles.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49199INT)
2. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49198AMD)
3. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49197AMD)
4. **07/19/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49196AMD)
5. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49195AMD)
6. **08/28/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49194AMD)
7. **09/06/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49193AMD)
8. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49191CHP)
9. **AB491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491)
10. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB491&version=20010AB49192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB491 Frommer By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 491 Frommer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 491 Frommer Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frommer — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 661, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 13). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3962.) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3790.)
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 2736.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-06-26** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1941.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96544477-4a67-4d0d-8eeb-a0a562f973eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).