Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers. Existing law, the Consumer Automotive Recall Safety Act (CARS Act) , prohibits a dealer or rental car company, as defined, with a motor vehicle fleet of 34 or fewer loaner or rental vehicles from loaning, renting, or offering for loan or rent a vehicle subject to a manufacturer's recall after receiving a notice of the recall, as specified, until the vehicle has been repaired, with exceptions. Existing law requires a personal vehicle sharing program, which facilitates the sharing of private passenger vehicles for noncommercial use, to provide specified insurance coverage for a vehicle and driver while the vehicle is engaged in personal ride sharing. Under existing law, it is an infraction for a person to violate, or fail to comply with, a provision of the Vehicle Code, unless otherwise specified.
California AB 2873 (20172018) — Personal vehicle sharing: recalled vehicles.
Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers. Existing law, the Consumer Automotive Recall Safety Act (CARS Act) , prohibits a dealer or rental car company, as defined, with a motor vehicle fleet of 34 or fewer loaner or rental vehicles from loaning, renting, or offering for loan or rent a vehicle subject to a manufacturer's recall after receiving a notice of the recall, as specified, until the vehicle has been repaired, with exceptions. Existing law requires a personal vehicle sharing program, which facilitates the sharing of private passenger vehicles for noncommercial use, to provide specified insurance coverage for a vehicle and driver while the vehicle is engaged in personal ride sharing. Under existing law, it is an infraction for a person to violate, or fail to comply with, a provision of the Vehicle Code, unless otherwise specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2018-03-22 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
2018-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2018-04-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-05-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-05-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2018-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 4. Page 5304.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-06-07 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-07-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
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
2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5969.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2018-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 7008.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2018-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/612ac648-fa6d-48a6-a97b-a505a6851b25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).