--- type: "Bill" title: "Recreational vehicles." description: "(1) Existing law establishes a New Motor Vehicle Board that regulates the activities or practices of a new motor vehicle dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, or representative, as specified. Existing law regulates the terms and enforcement of recreational vehicle franchise agreements. Existing law requires a franchisor seeking to enter into a franchise establishing an additional motor vehicle dealership within a relevant market area where the same recreational vehicle line-make is represented, or seeking to relocate an existing motor vehicle dealership, to notify the board of that intention. Existing law allows franchisees in that recreational vehicle line-make in the relevant market area to file with the board a protest to establishing or relocating the dealership." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 759" citation: "California AB 759 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Recreational vehicles."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Linder"] version_count: 7 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2015-02-25" last_action: "2015-10-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb54a676-5cc3-42e2-bc4a-13aad1cade42" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB759" source_hash: "2d96bc2d259afac737a5270fbff28db858316d6cdf3a1460f93198f34ed0bb1d" 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 759 (20152016) — Recreational vehicles. (1) Existing law establishes a New Motor Vehicle Board that regulates the activities or practices of a new motor vehicle dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, or representative, as specified. Existing law regulates the terms and enforcement of recreational vehicle franchise agreements. Existing law requires a franchisor seeking to enter into a franchise establishing an additional motor vehicle dealership within a relevant market area where the same recreational vehicle line-make is represented, or seeking to relocate an existing motor vehicle dealership, to notify the board of that intention. Existing law allows franchisees in that recreational vehicle line-make in the relevant market area to file with the board a protest to establishing or relocating the dealership. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB759&version=20150AB75999INT) 2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB759&version=20150AB75998AMD) 3. **08/31/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB759&version=20150AB75997AMD) 4. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB759&version=20150AB75996AMD) 5. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB759&version=20150AB75994CHP) 6. **AB759** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB759) 7. **09/14/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB759&version=20150AB75995ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB759 Linder By Bates — **39–0** (pass) · upper - AB 759 LINDER Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - AB 759 LINDER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Linder — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28. - **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1224.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2015-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2015-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-20** From Consent Calendar. - **2015-08-20** Ordered to third reading. - **2015-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2631.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2015-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3077.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 407, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb54a676-5cc3-42e2-bc4a-13aad1cade42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).