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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: towing and storage."
description: "Under existing law, when a vehicle has been towed and stored, the legal owner may only be charged a storage fee during the first 15 days of possession, and beyond the first 15 days, only for any time after 3 days have lapsed after written notification has been made to the legal owner, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2392"
citation: "California AB 2392 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: towing and storage."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09c67f7-52a6-450c-a718-43680cc26838"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392"
source_hash: "ac4c739f762eb26da47a0e27994b2bec54fda5a4d1a3af365993ac4ee4c02d85"
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 2392 (20172018) — Vehicles: towing and storage.
Under existing law, when a vehicle has been towed and stored, the legal owner may only be charged a storage fee during the first 15 days of possession, and beyond the first 15 days, only for any time after 3 days have lapsed after written notification has been made to the legal owner, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239299INT)
2. **04/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239298AMD)
3. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239297AMD)
4. **06/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239296AMD)
5. **08/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239295AMD)
6. **08/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239294AMD)
7. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239292CHP)
8. **AB2392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392)
9. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2392&version=20170AB239293ENR)
## Votes
- AB 2392 SANTIAGO Assembly Third Reading — **741** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2392 Santiago By Mitchell — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **130** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **90** (pass) · upper
- AB 2392 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Santiago — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5299.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 5369.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-06-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5653.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6656.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 434, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a09c67f7-52a6-450c-a718-43680cc26838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).