--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: towing and storage." description: "Under existing law, when a vehicle has been towed and stored, the legal owner may only be charged a storage fee during the first 15 days of possession, and beyond the first 15 days, only for any time after 3 days have lapsed after written notification has been made to the legal owner, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2392" citation: "California AB 2392 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: towing and storage."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"] version_count: 9 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2018-02-14" last_action: "2018-09-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09c67f7-52a6-450c-a718-43680cc26838" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392" source_hash: "ac4c739f762eb26da47a0e27994b2bec54fda5a4d1a3af365993ac4ee4c02d85" 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 2392 (20172018) — Vehicles: towing and storage. Under existing law, when a vehicle has been towed and stored, the legal owner may only be charged a storage fee during the first 15 days of possession, and beyond the first 15 days, only for any time after 3 days have lapsed after written notification has been made to the legal owner, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239299INT) 2. **04/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239298AMD) 3. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239297AMD) 4. **06/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239296AMD) 5. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239295AMD) 6. **08/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239294AMD) 7. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239292CHP) 8. **AB2392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392) 9. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239293ENR) ## Votes - AB 2392 SANTIAGO Assembly Third Reading — **74–1** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2392 Santiago By Mitchell — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2392 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Santiago — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. - **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5299.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 5369.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-06-21** Withdrawn from committee. - **2018-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2018-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5653.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6656.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 434, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a09c67f7-52a6-450c-a718-43680cc26838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).