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Bill	Automobile accidents: civil actions: transportation network companies.	(1) Existing law provides that in an action for the breach of an obligation not arising from contract, the measure of damages, except as provided, is the amount that will compensate for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, whether it could have been anticipated or not.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 623	California SB 623 (20252026)	bill	Automobileaccidents civilactions transportationnetworkcompanies	enacted	Umberg	7	31	9	2025-02-20	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/00d9d32c-a63d-45a0-9e60-ee98ca22a1d9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB623	58182e0444894cd0727414bc53cb2ed38ceb38476ffbc20e11c251ef51e59d1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 623 (20252026) — Automobile accidents: civil actions: transportation network companies.

(1) Existing law provides that in an action for the breach of an obligation not arising from contract, the measure of damages, except as provided, is the amount that will compensate for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, whether it could have been anticipated or not.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/03/26 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/18/26 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/26 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/25/26 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB623 (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/25/26 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent SB623 Archuleta et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB623 Umberg et al. Concurrence — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 623 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Papan — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Umberg — primary (person)
• Papan — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2025-03-05 Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2025-12-23 Set for hearing January 14.
• 2026-01-09 Set for hearing January 14 in M. & V.A. pending receipt.
• 2026-01-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3225.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 3225.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Set for hearing January 20.
• 2026-01-20 January 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2026-01-21 Set for hearing January 22.
• 2026-01-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3269.) (January 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2026-01-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2026-01-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3324.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2026-05-04 Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2026-05-07 Re-referred to Coms. on M. & V.A. and REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2026-06-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-06-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-06-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-06-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-06-22 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2026-06-22 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2026-06-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2026-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2026-06-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2026-06-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-06-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2026-06-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2026-06-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 17, Statutes of 2026. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00d9d32c-a63d-45a0-9e60-ee98ca22a1d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).