--- type: "Bill" title: "Personal vehicle sharing: recalled vehicles." description: "Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers. Existing law, the Consumer Automotive Recall Safety Act (CARS Act) , prohibits a dealer or rental car company, as defined, with a motor vehicle fleet of 34 or fewer loaner or rental vehicles from loaning, renting, or offering for loan or rent a vehicle subject to a manufacturer's recall after receiving a notice of the recall, as specified, until the vehicle has been repaired, with exceptions. Existing law requires a personal vehicle sharing program, which facilitates the sharing of private passenger vehicles for noncommercial use, to provide specified insurance coverage for a vehicle and driver while the vehicle is engaged in personal ride sharing. Under existing law, it is an infraction for a person to violate, or fail to comply with, a provision of the Vehicle Code, unless otherwise specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2873" citation: "California AB 2873 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Personal vehicle sharing: recalled vehicles."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Low"] version_count: 8 action_count: 29 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2018-02-16" last_action: "2018-09-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/612ac648-fa6d-48a6-a97b-a505a6851b25" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873" source_hash: "6aee899f1f795ed8373d8ff0d509846004970bd8620d24227130ca62365d0bcb" 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 2873 (20172018) — Personal vehicle sharing: recalled vehicles. Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers. Existing law, the Consumer Automotive Recall Safety Act (CARS Act) , prohibits a dealer or rental car company, as defined, with a motor vehicle fleet of 34 or fewer loaner or rental vehicles from loaning, renting, or offering for loan or rent a vehicle subject to a manufacturer's recall after receiving a notice of the recall, as specified, until the vehicle has been repaired, with exceptions. Existing law requires a personal vehicle sharing program, which facilitates the sharing of private passenger vehicles for noncommercial use, to provide specified insurance coverage for a vehicle and driver while the vehicle is engaged in personal ride sharing. Under existing law, it is an infraction for a person to violate, or fail to comply with, a provision of the Vehicle Code, unless otherwise specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873&version=20170AB287399INT) 2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873&version=20170AB287398AMD) 3. **05/10/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873&version=20170AB287397AMD) 4. **07/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873&version=20170AB287396AMD) 5. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873&version=20170AB287395AMD) 6. **09/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873&version=20170AB287393CHP) 7. **AB2873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873) 8. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2873&version=20170AB287394ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2873 LOW Assembly Third Reading — **60–4** (pass) · lower - AB 2873 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–1** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2873 Low By Hertzberg — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Low — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. - **2018-03-22** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2018-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 4. Page 5304.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **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` - **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5969.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2018-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 7008.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2018-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/612ac648-fa6d-48a6-a97b-a505a6851b25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).