republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1376.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation network companies: accessibility for persons with disabilities."
description: "The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act defines a transportation network company as an organization, whether a corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, or other form, operating in California that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-enabled platform to connect passengers with drivers using their personal vehicles. The act also defines a participating driver or driver as any person who uses a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's online-enabled application or platform to connect with passengers. A violation of the act or a rule of the Public Utilities Commission with regard to charter-party carriers is generally a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 3 months, or by both that fine and imprisonment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1376"
citation: "California SB 1376 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Transportation network companies: accessibility for persons with disabilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8719008e-5274-4ca9-82c9-a69a1b6dee8a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1376"
source_hash: "8deab27f0941093fdeb6f359fcfdb52ec0eb1e2f83b5a16024780ac6c20d701e"
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 SB 1376 (20172018) — Transportation network companies: accessibility for persons with disabilities.

The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act defines a transportation network company as an organization, whether a corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, or other form, operating in California that provides prearranged transportation services for compensation using an online-enabled platform to connect passengers with drivers using their personal vehicles. The act also defines a participating driver or driver as any person who uses a vehicle in connection with a transportation network company's online-enabled application or platform to connect with passengers. A violation of the act or a rule of the Public Utilities Commission with regard to charter-party carriers is generally a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 3 months, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

## 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=201720180SB1376&version=20170SB137699INT)
2. **03/22/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1376&version=20170SB137698AMD)
3. **06/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1376&version=20170SB137697AMD)
4. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1376&version=20170SB137696AMD)
5. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1376&version=20170SB137695AMD)
6. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1376&version=20170SB137693CHP)
7. **SB1376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1376)
8. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1376&version=20170SB137694ENR)

## Votes

- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1376 Hill et al. Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB1376 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- SB 1376 Hill Senate Third Reading By FRAZIER — **56–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1376 Hill Senate Third Reading By FRAZIER Amendment Set #1 — **54–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 4718.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4823.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-10** May 14 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-05-14** Set for hearing May 22.
- **2018-05-22** May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-23** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4309.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4456.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on C. & C. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 6483.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 13. Page 6735.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-29** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5927.) Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-29** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 6198.) `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 6021.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 701, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8719008e-5274-4ca9-82c9-a69a1b6dee8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).