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Bill	Transportation network companies.	Existing law, the Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, provides for the regulation of transportation network companies by the Public Utilities Commission, and imposes specified requirements for liability insurance coverage for those transportation network companies and their participating drivers, as defined. A violation of the act is generally a crime. Existing law defines a "transportation network company" to mean an organization, including, but not limited to, a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietor, or any other entity, operating in California that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-enabled application or platform to connect passengers with drivers using a personal vehicle.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1422	California AB 1422 (20152016)	bill	Transportation network companies.	enacted	Cooper	7	27	8	2015-02-27	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/7f862e73-1748-4f80-b26d-af3dd335ed20	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1422	59772f15dc7ebf7e51bfe9c0f6b94fd3de3f3f7f8fbd4e1ee5031034ec398e45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1422 (20152016) — Transportation network companies.

Existing law, the Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act, provides for the regulation of transportation network companies by the Public Utilities Commission, and imposes specified requirements for liability insurance coverage for those transportation network companies and their participating drivers, as defined. A violation of the act is generally a crime. Existing law defines a "transportation network company" to mean an organization, including, but not limited to, a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, sole proprietor, or any other entity, operating in California that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-enabled application or platform to connect passengers with drivers using a personal vehicle.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1422 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1422 COOPER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1422 Cooper By Allen — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1422 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cooper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Coms. on U. & C. and TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on U. & C. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-05-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1817.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Coms. on E., U., & C. and T. & H. referral-committee
• 2015-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2199.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2678.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 791, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f862e73-1748-4f80-b26d-af3dd335ed20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).