---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rental property: electric vehicle charging stations."
description: "Existing law requires a lessor of a dwelling to approve a written request of a lessee to install an electric vehicle charging station at a parking space allotted for the lessee in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law provides exemptions for specified dwellings, including an exemption for a dwelling that is subject to the residential rent control ordinance of a public entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1796"
citation: "California AB 1796 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rental property: electric vehicle charging stations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b06c39dc-52ff-44c9-a5ff-2de801c27564"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1796"
source_hash: "7ee5813ba0847edaa22978ed586cdb9bdc41411324545fe0b4c278177c1d6baf"
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 1796 (20172018) — Rental property: electric vehicle charging stations.

Existing law requires a lessor of a dwelling to approve a written request of a lessee to install an electric vehicle charging station at a parking space allotted for the lessee in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law provides exemptions for specified dwellings, including an exemption for a dwelling that is subject to the residential rent control ordinance of a public entity.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1796&version=20170AB179699INT)
2. **04/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1796&version=20170AB179698AMD)
3. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1796&version=20170AB179697AMD)
4. **08/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1796&version=20170AB179695CHP)
5. **AB1796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1796)
6. **08/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1796&version=20170AB179696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1796 Muratsuchi By Allen — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 1796 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading — **53–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 1796 MURATSUCHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Muratsuchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 5166.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5044.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 6135.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2018-08-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 163, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b06c39dc-52ff-44c9-a5ff-2de801c27564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).