---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter-party carriers: limousines: emergency exits."
description: "(1) The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain exceptions, prohibits a charter-party carrier of passengers from engaging in transportation services subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission without obtaining a specified certificate or permit, as appropriate, from the commission, and imposes various other requirements. Existing law imposes certain penalties for violation of the act. The act also defines a \"limousine\" for these purposes and imposes specified requirements applicable only to the operator or driver of a limousine. Existing law imposes various additional requirements on the operator of a limousine for hire. A violation of these requirements is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "California SB 109 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter-party carriers: limousines: emergency exits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-14"
last_action: "2013-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4348a4c-3b4e-4b15-afd0-2ed5f38d10f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109"
source_hash: "d6b5ec7749097d2440d5525f3b54cd46c1a738360bef5105061f401b8511d9f2"
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 SB 109 (20132014) — Charter-party carriers: limousines: emergency exits.

(1) The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain exceptions, prohibits a charter-party carrier of passengers from engaging in transportation services subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission without obtaining a specified certificate or permit, as appropriate, from the commission, and imposes various other requirements. Existing law imposes certain penalties for violation of the act. The act also defines a "limousine" for these purposes and imposes specified requirements applicable only to the operator or driver of a limousine. Existing law imposes various additional requirements on the operator of a limousine for hire. A violation of these requirements is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10999INT)
2. **04/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10998AMD)
3. **06/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10997AMD)
4. **06/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10996AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10995AMD)
6. **08/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10994AMD)
7. **09/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10993AMD)
8. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10991CHP)
9. **SB109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109)
10. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB109&version=20130SB10992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Supp 2 SB109 Corbett Concurrence — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 109 Corbett Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — **49–28** (pass) · lower
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 14.
- **2013-01-24** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 391.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 493.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time and amended. (Page 2699.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-30** Read third time and amended. (Page 2792.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. (Page 2938.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 3133.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-11** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2345.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-12** Set for hearing September 12.
- **2013-09-12** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 2454.) `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 2433.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 752, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4348a4c-3b4e-4b15-afd0-2ed5f38d10f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).