---
type: "Bill"
title: "Carrier of Passengers Act of 2024."
description: "Existing law regulates common carriers of persons and requires a common carrier of persons to provide a sufficient number of vehicles to accommodate all the passengers who can be reasonably expected to require carriage at any one time, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2780"
citation: "California AB 2780 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Carrier of Passengers Act of 2024"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McKinnor"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48ed21dd-46f3-44d6-ad9d-fecada40bb8b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780"
source_hash: "2d0ce9dd33028c9043ce092c3fc9bed0cb86aa01f8b7170414927154f1e7578c"
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 2780 (20232024) — Carrier of Passengers Act of 2024.

Existing law regulates common carriers of persons and requires a common carrier of persons to provide a sufficient number of vehicles to accommodate all the passengers who can be reasonably expected to require carriage at any one time, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780&version=20230AB278099INT)
2. **03/13/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780&version=20230AB278098AMD)
3. **04/17/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780&version=20230AB278097AMD)
4. **06/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780&version=20230AB278096AMD)
5. **06/26/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780&version=20230AB278095AMD)
6. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780&version=20230AB278093CHP)
7. **AB2780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780)
8. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2780&version=20230AB278094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2780 McKinnor Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2780 McKinnor By Durazo — **32–5** (pass) · upper
- AB 2780 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McKinnor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Re-referred to Coms. on C. & C. and INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2024-04-18** (Pending re-refer to Com. on INS.)
- **2024-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 1. Page 5318.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 742, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48ed21dd-46f3-44d6-ad9d-fecada40bb8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).