--- type: "Bill" title: "Leases: electric vehicle charging stations: insurance coverage." 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, including the lessee maintaining in full force and effect a lessee's general liability insurance policy in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) , as provided." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "SB 638" citation: "California SB 638 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Leases: electric vehicle charging stations: insurance coverage."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Allen"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2019-02-22" last_action: "2019-10-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5215565a-483f-4e84-8467-26f8b6ae7cd3" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB638" source_hash: "a063c8f754d5d49b3884c7e3998871e2c533d28e1b4577894f91584b0435e99c" 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 638 (20192020) — Leases: electric vehicle charging stations: insurance coverage. 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, including the lessee maintaining in full force and effect a lessee's general liability insurance policy in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) , as provided. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB638&version=20190SB63899INT) 2. **04/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB638&version=20190SB63898AMD) 3. **05/24/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB638&version=20190SB63897AMD) 4. **07/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB638&version=20190SB63896AMD) 5. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB638&version=20190SB63894CHP) 6. **SB638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB638) 7. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB638&version=20190SB63895ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB638 Allen Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower - SB 638 Allen Senate Third Reading By Gallagher — **77–1** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Allen — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. - **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-27** Set for hearing April 9. - **2019-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 654.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2019-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6. - **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-24** Ordered to second reading. - **2019-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1363.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2019-06-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2019-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3186.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2839.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 855, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5215565a-483f-4e84-8467-26f8b6ae7cd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).