republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2876.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: removal and impound authority."
description: "Existing law authorizes a peace officer to order the removal and storage of a vehicle under various circumstances including when the driver is incapacitated or has been arrested, the vehicle is unregistered, reported stolen, or has been used in a crime, or the vehicle is parked in a manner obstructing traffic or blocking access to a fire hydrant."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2876"
citation: "California AB 2876 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: removal and impound authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cf81d06-7ad6-4fa0-8883-e630f7f590e2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2876"
source_hash: "633c1ecdfd53e740187daedc33084f8588e19a92ee7b6278f2b1a4fc428e290c"
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 2876 (20172018) — Vehicles: removal and impound authority.

Existing law authorizes a peace officer to order the removal and storage of a vehicle under various circumstances including when the driver is incapacitated or has been arrested, the vehicle is unregistered, reported stolen, or has been used in a crime, or the vehicle is parked in a manner obstructing traffic or blocking access to a fire hydrant.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2876&version=20170AB287699INT)
2. **06/12/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2876&version=20170AB287698AMD)
3. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2876&version=20170AB287697AMD)
4. **09/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2876&version=20170AB287695CHP)
5. **AB2876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2876)
6. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2876&version=20170AB287696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2876 JONES-SAWYER Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2876 Jones-Sawyer By Lara — **36–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2876 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4828.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **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 36. Noes 2. Page 5952.). `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 75. Noes 2. Page 7010.). `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 592, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cf81d06-7ad6-4fa0-8883-e630f7f590e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).