---
type: "Bill"
title: "Railroads: contract crew transportation vehicles."
description: "The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain exceptions, requires a charter-party carrier of passengers that engages in transportation services subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission to obtain a specified certificate or permit, as appropriate, from the commission, subject to various requirements. A violation of the act is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 757"
citation: "California SB 757 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Railroads", "contract crew transportation vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ae4514c-6445-4e49-8361-203039ac1e93"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757"
source_hash: "bab2c32f54c926e3398e6bfa94c8fcee5b7fbdeb61670253bd5b52d9a806d8a4"
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 757 (20232024) — Railroads: contract crew transportation vehicles.

The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain exceptions, requires a charter-party carrier of passengers that engages in transportation services subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission to obtain a specified certificate or permit, as appropriate, from the commission, subject to various requirements. A violation of the act is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757&version=20230SB75799INT)
2. **03/30/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757&version=20230SB75798AMD)
3. **04/18/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757&version=20230SB75797AMD)
4. **09/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757&version=20230SB75796AMD)
5. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757&version=20230SB75795AMD)
6. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757&version=20230SB75793CHP)
7. **SB757** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757)
8. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB757&version=20230SB75794ENR)

## Votes

- SB 757 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Santiago — **63–16** (pass) · lower
- SB 757 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Santiago Amendment Set #1 — **61–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Transportation] — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB757 Archuleta Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 12. Noes 3. Page 638.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1182.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 1349.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3010.)
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 3063.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 16. Page 3576.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2825.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 411, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ae4514c-6445-4e49-8361-203039ac1e93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).