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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: storage and towing."
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description: "Under existing law, when a vehicle has been towed and stored, the legal owner may only be charged a storage fee during the first 15 days of possession, and beyond the first 15 days, only for any time after 3 days have lapsed after written notification has been made to the legal owner, as specified. Existing law requires that fees charged under these provisions for storage and towing be reasonable."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 987"
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citation: "California AB 987 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles", "storageandtowing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Sharp-Collins"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b746f7-fe17-4c2f-b635-f35d3528e2e8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987"
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source_hash: "3baf64db74d8d505c72d4469de5578b2cc4e0598851d8d64d044a933fd9861e4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 987 (20252026) — Vehicles: storage and towing.
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Under existing law, when a vehicle has been towed and stored, the legal owner may only be charged a storage fee during the first 15 days of possession, and beyond the first 15 days, only for any time after 3 days have lapsed after written notification has been made to the legal owner, as specified. Existing law requires that fees charged under these provisions for storage and towing be reasonable.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987&version=20250AB98799INT)
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2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987&version=20250AB98798AMD)
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3. **04/22/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987&version=20250AB98797AMD)
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4. **06/11/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987&version=20250AB98796AMD)
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5. **07/02/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987&version=20250AB98795AMD)
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6. **08/28/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987&version=20250AB98794AMD)
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7. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987&version=20250AB98792CHP)
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8. **AB987** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987)
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9. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB987&version=20250AB98793ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 987 Sharp-Collins Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 987 Sharp-Collins Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB987 Sharp-Collins et al. By Wahab — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Sharp-Collins — primary (person)
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- Davies — coauthor (person)
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- Wahab — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2025-03-28** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1607.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-28** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-25** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2025-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2439.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3019.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2b746f7-fe17-4c2f-b635-f35d3528e2e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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