Existing law grants a tow truck operator a lien dependent on possession on a vehicle that has been removed for various costs. A tow truck operator may also have a deficiency claim against the registered owner of the vehicle if a subsequent lien sale of the vehicle does not equal specified towing, storage, and related charges. Existing law excepts from liability for this deficiency a registered owner of a vehicle who has sold or transferred the vehicle prior to the vehicle's removal and who was not responsible for creating the circumstances leading to its removal if the owner has executed a certain notice and submitted it to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
California AB 2319 (20192020) — Tow truck operators: liens: exceptions.
Existing law grants a tow truck operator a lien dependent on possession on a vehicle that has been removed for various costs. A tow truck operator may also have a deficiency claim against the registered owner of the vehicle if a subsequent lien sale of the vehicle does not equal specified towing, storage, and related charges. Existing law excepts from liability for this deficiency a registered owner of a vehicle who has sold or transferred the vehicle prior to the vehicle's removal and who was not responsible for creating the circumstances leading to its removal if the owner has executed a certain notice and submitted it to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB2319 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2319 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Berman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2020-03-02 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-03-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-03-04 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-03-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4602.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-08-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4379.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2020-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2020-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46defcdf-ee4e-44c2-8d23-c04d7677a14a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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