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Bill	Household goods carriers.	(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including transportation companies. Under existing law, the Household Goods Carriers Act, household goods carriers, as defined, are subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission. The act prohibits a household goods carrier from engaging, or attempting to engage, in the business of the transportation of used household goods and personal effects, by motor vehicle over any public highway in the state, including advertising, soliciting, offering, or entering into an agreement, without a permit issued by the commission authorizing transportation entirely within the state, or a valid operating authority issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, for interstate transportation. The act declares that it is not to be construed as a regulation of interstate or foreign commerce, except as permitted under the United States Constitution and the acts of Congress.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2118	California AB 2118 (20112012)	bill	Household goods carriers.	enacted	Butler	7	27	7	2012-02-23	2012-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/3289084c-b163-420a-96a4-f9b59f365948	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2118	e886d3b1a43c7c52dfb681b3ed8390226fb0260a1aba24ff02a44ca2ec0c84e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2118 (20112012) — Household goods carriers.

(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including transportation companies. Under existing law, the Household Goods Carriers Act, household goods carriers, as defined, are subject to the jurisdiction and control of the commission. The act prohibits a household goods carrier from engaging, or attempting to engage, in the business of the transportation of used household goods and personal effects, by motor vehicle over any public highway in the state, including advertising, soliciting, offering, or entering into an agreement, without a permit issued by the commission authorizing transportation entirely within the state, or a valid operating authority issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, for interstate transportation. The act declares that it is not to be construed as a regulation of interstate or foreign commerce, except as permitted under the United States Constitution and the acts of Congress.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/12/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/25/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2118 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2118 BUTLER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2118 BUTLER Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #16 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Butler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2012-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-16 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4985.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2012-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-15 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4784.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6371.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
• 2012-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 544, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3289084c-b163-420a-96a4-f9b59f365948. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).