--- type: "Bill" title: "Transportation network companies: driver requirements and identification." description: "(1) The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain exceptions, prohibits a charter-party carrier of passengers from engaging in transportation services subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission without obtaining a specified certificate or permit, as appropriate, from the commission and imposes various other requirements. The act defines a transportation network company as an organization, whether a corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, or other form, operating in California that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-enabled platform to connect passengers with drivers using their personal vehicles. The act also defines a participating driver or driver as any person who uses a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's online-enabled application or platform to connect with passengers. Existing law also provides that a violation of the act is a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 1080" citation: "California SB 1080 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Transportation network companies: driver requirements and identification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Roth"] version_count: 8 action_count: 31 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2018-02-12" last_action: "2018-09-18" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ccc6e62-3fd3-46b0-87fd-8b0d7686d711" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080" source_hash: "180bdf4043b9d7071807f2268a7d669e113b07b7fd2428f2b271a85041d7d332" 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 1080 (20172018) — Transportation network companies: driver requirements and identification. (1) The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, with certain exceptions, prohibits a charter-party carrier of passengers from engaging in transportation services subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Commission without obtaining a specified certificate or permit, as appropriate, from the commission and imposes various other requirements. The act defines a transportation network company as an organization, whether a corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, or other form, operating in California that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-enabled platform to connect passengers with drivers using their personal vehicles. The act also defines a participating driver or driver as any person who uses a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's online-enabled application or platform to connect with passengers. Existing law also provides that 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. **02/12/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080&version=20170SB108099INT) 2. **05/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080&version=20170SB108098AMD) 3. **05/15/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080&version=20170SB108097AMD) 4. **05/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080&version=20170SB108096AMD) 5. **06/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080&version=20170SB108095AMD) 6. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080&version=20170SB108093CHP) 7. **SB1080** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080) 8. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1080&version=20170SB108094ENR) ## Votes - SB 1080 Roth Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — **13–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1080 Roth Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Roth — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15. - **2018-02-22** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E., U. & C. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-29** Set for hearing April 10. - **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 4606.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-17** Set for hearing April 25. - **2018-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 4850.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2018-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14. - **2018-05-10** May 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22. - **2018-05-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-05-25** Ordered to second reading. - **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4419.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on C. & C. and TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6311.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5425.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 511, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ccc6e62-3fd3-46b0-87fd-8b0d7686d711`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).