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Bill Leased and rented vehicles: embezzlement and theft. Existing law establishes a presumption that a person who willfully and intentionally fails to return a leased or rented vehicle to its owner within 5 days of the expiration of the agreement has embezzled the vehicle. Existing law requires a peace officer, upon receiving a report based on reliable information that a registered vehicle has been stolen, or that a leased or rented vehicle has not been returned within 5 days after its owner has made written demand for its return, to report the information to the Department of Justice Stolen Vehicle System by certified or registered mail, following the expiration of the lease or rental agreement. Except as otherwise provided, a failure to comply with the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction. us/states/ca California Legislature 20192020 AB 391 California AB 391 (20192020)
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California AB 391 (20192020) — Leased and rented vehicles: embezzlement and theft.

Existing law establishes a presumption that a person who willfully and intentionally fails to return a leased or rented vehicle to its owner within 5 days of the expiration of the agreement has embezzled the vehicle. Existing law requires a peace officer, upon receiving a report based on reliable information that a registered vehicle has been stolen, or that a leased or rented vehicle has not been returned within 5 days after its owner has made written demand for its return, to report the information to the Department of Justice Stolen Vehicle System by certified or registered mail, following the expiration of the lease or rental agreement. Except as otherwise provided, a failure to comply with the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/06/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/11/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/24/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/21/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. AB391 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/06/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 120 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass. — 180 (pass) · lower
  • AB 391 Voepel Assembly Third Reading — 731 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 50 (pass) · upper
  • Special Consent AB391 — 370 (pass) · upper
  • AB 391 Voepel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 771 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Voepel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2019-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
  • 2019-02-15 Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
  • 2019-03-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2019-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
  • 2019-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). referral-committee
  • 2019-03-25 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2019-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2019-05-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2019-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 1626.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2019-06-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
  • 2019-06-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
  • 2019-07-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2019-08-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2019-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2328.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2019-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2019-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3010.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 609, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e66c9fab-2c53-4c91-bb62-af445fed8318. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).