republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-951.md

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Bill	Charter-party carriers.	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. The act imposes a maximum fine of not more than $1,000 in its general penalty provision for any violation or failure to comply with the act, an order or other requirement of the commission, or an operating permit or certificate, or aiding and abetting such a violation. The act also imposes maximum fines, and in certain cases, minimum fines for specific violations of the act, including, for conviction of operating a charter-party carrier of passengers or a taxicab without a valid certificate or permit, a maximum mandatory fine of $2,500 for a first conviction, or $5,000 for a subsequent conviction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 951	California AB 951 (20092010)	bill	Charter-party carriers.	enacted	Lieu	6	23	7	2009-02-26	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/33f553a3-4f03-48e4-826c-80d539b27ecb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB951	47f49c0a96f255a349041b52644a3bb865ad1bc183598f3f7b42b1fd8245cbd6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 951 (20092010) — Charter-party carriers.

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. The act imposes a maximum fine of not more than $1,000 in its general penalty provision for any violation or failure to comply with the act, an order or other requirement of the commission, or an operating permit or certificate, or aiding and abetting such a violation. The act also imposes maximum fines, and in certain cases, minimum fines for specific violations of the act, including, for conviction of operating a charter-party carrier of passengers or a taxicab without a valid certificate or permit, a maximum mandatory fine of $2,500 for a first conviction, or $5,000 for a subsequent conviction.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/21/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/31/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB951 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 951 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB951 Lieu By Liu — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 951 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lieu — primary (person)
• Jones — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2009-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2009-04-30 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-11 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1450.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-05-21 Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2009-06-16 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-07-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-08-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-31 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-09-02 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 2124.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3100.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 263, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33f553a3-4f03-48e4-826c-80d539b27ecb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).