---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle rental agreements."
description: "Vehicle rental agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2761"
citation: "California AB 2761 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle rental agreements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/310beb99-db2a-4fdd-9115-060408731f9d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761"
source_hash: "64cc5f7ef99d4ddd8478278d6f741b8da811a6330d13d52968067c1014eaa70c"
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 2761 (20032004) — Vehicle rental agreements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276199INT)
2. **04/01/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276198AMD)
3. **04/27/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276197AMD)
4. **05/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276196AMD)
5. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276195AMD)
6. **07/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276194AMD)
7. **08/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276193AMD)
8. **09/15/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276191CHP)
9. **AB2761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761)
10. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2761&version=20030AB276192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2761 leno by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2761 leno concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2761 leno assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 536, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 7658.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 5. Page 5111.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-28** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 5. Page 2927.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2004-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-05** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/310beb99-db2a-4fdd-9115-060408731f9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).