---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rental companies: customer facility charge."
description: "Existing law authorizes airports to require rental companies to collect a customer facility charge for specified purposes and requires airports to provide certain audits and reports regarding those fees to specified committees of the Legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2280"
citation: "California AB 2280 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rental companies: customer facility charge."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/766d2b53-2355-4993-bc32-e8d1a45060c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2280"
source_hash: "54cdc570f101f84c4e45b5876288256453ee3a46ea20d87532e47a124113210e"
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 2280 (20152016) — Rental companies: customer facility charge.

Existing law authorizes airports to require rental companies to collect a customer facility charge for specified purposes and requires airports to provide certain audits and reports regarding those fees to specified committees of the Legislature.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2280&version=20150AB228099INT)
2. **04/21/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2280&version=20150AB228098AMD)
3. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2280&version=20150AB228097AMD)
4. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2280&version=20150AB228095CHP)
5. **AB2280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2280)
6. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2280&version=20150AB228096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 2280 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence - Urgency Added — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2280 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading — **74–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 2nd Reading AB2280 Ridley-Thomas By Hertzberg Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 2.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 5179.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-25** Joint Rules 61 and 62 suspended. (Page 5433.)
- **2016-08-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5522.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-31** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6514.)
- **2016-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6544.)
- **2016-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6555.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 414, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/766d2b53-2355-4993-bc32-e8d1a45060c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).