republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2763.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation network companies: personal vehicles."
description: "The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act provides for the regulation of charter-party carriers of passengers by the Public Utilities Commission and includes specific requirements for liability insurance coverage for transportation network companies, which are defined as certain organizations that, using an online-enabled application or platform, connect passengers with drivers using a personal vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2763"
citation: "California AB 2763 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation network companies: personal vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/658ec30a-076a-431d-bc7a-8638d1acffdb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2763"
source_hash: "06db2391dfe03fadc85d539b8ae790d6b3ab635063726c93176dcabf6373fa11"
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 2763 (20152016) — Transportation network companies: personal vehicles.

The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act provides for the regulation of charter-party carriers of passengers by the Public Utilities Commission and includes specific requirements for liability insurance coverage for transportation network companies, which are defined as certain organizations that, using an online-enabled application or platform, 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. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2763&version=20150AB276399INT)
2. **04/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2763&version=20150AB276398AMD)
3. **06/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2763&version=20150AB276397AMD)
4. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2763&version=20150AB276395CHP)
5. **AB2763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2763)
6. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2763&version=20150AB276396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2763 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2763 Gatto By Glazer — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2763 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **75–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-18** 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`
- **2016-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 4891.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U., & C. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5016.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 6121.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 766, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/658ec30a-076a-431d-bc7a-8638d1acffdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).