---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rental passenger vehicle transactions: electronic surveillance technology: AMBER Alert."
description: "Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental company, also referred to as a rental car company, and its customers, including, among other provisions, restrictions on a rental company's use of electronic surveillance technology. Existing law, as part of those restrictions, prohibits a rental company from using, accessing, or obtaining any information relating to the renter's use of the rental vehicle that was obtained using electronic surveillance technology, except under specified circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 466"
citation: "California SB 466 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rental passenger vehicle transactions: electronic surveillance technology: AMBER Alert."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ba8d92-c9de-4561-bf53-7d36aac79ee6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB466"
source_hash: "4d28ee140540e3005c1bc9f2cad9d507d0490e9c2b7527b3805d2ba2806f3e0a"
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 SB 466 (20172018) — Rental passenger vehicle transactions: electronic surveillance technology: AMBER Alert.

Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental company, also referred to as a rental car company, and its customers, including, among other provisions, restrictions on a rental company's use of electronic surveillance technology. Existing law, as part of those restrictions, prohibits a rental company from using, accessing, or obtaining any information relating to the renter's use of the rental vehicle that was obtained using electronic surveillance technology, except under specified circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB466&version=20170SB46699INT)
2. **05/09/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB466&version=20170SB46698AMD)
3. **07/31/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB466&version=20170SB46696CHP)
4. **SB466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB466)
5. **07/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB466&version=20170SB46697ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB466 Bates et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 466 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)
- Baker — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2017-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 945.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-09** Published May 9 at 9 p.m.
- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1143.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2583.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-18** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-07-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-07-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48ba8d92-c9de-4561-bf53-7d36aac79ee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).