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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: Towing Fees and Access Notice."
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description: "(1) Existing law provides that every person has a possessory lien for the compensation to which he or she is legally entitled for the towing, storage, or labor associated with recovery or load salvage of any vehicle that has been authorized to be removed by a public agency, a private property owner, or a lessee, operator, or registered owner of the vehicle. Existing law requires that a person requesting release of the vehicle present documentation establishing that he or she is entitled to possession of the vehicle and authorizes an inspection of the vehicle by the legal owner or lessor, or his or her agent, within a specified time period after receiving a written demand for the inspection."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 519"
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citation: "California AB 519 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles: Towing Fees and Access Notice."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2009-02-24"
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last_action: "2010-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2644297f-f46b-41e7-ae39-59368ddc38b3"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519"
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source_hash: "bf34ec63f2bc54cff036b4addc3dbd6cdb5cc01eac7b1bfbdcda829af6b11001"
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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 519 (20092010) — Vehicles: Towing Fees and Access Notice.
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(1) Existing law provides that every person has a possessory lien for the compensation to which he or she is legally entitled for the towing, storage, or labor associated with recovery or load salvage of any vehicle that has been authorized to be removed by a public agency, a private property owner, or a lessee, operator, or registered owner of the vehicle. Existing law requires that a person requesting release of the vehicle present documentation establishing that he or she is entitled to possession of the vehicle and authorizes an inspection of the vehicle by the legal owner or lessor, or his or her agent, within a specified time period after receiving a written demand for the inspection.
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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. **02/24/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51999INT)
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2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51998AMD)
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3. **04/29/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51997AMD)
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4. **06/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51996AMD)
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5. **06/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51995AMD)
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6. **07/23/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51994AMD)
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7. **08/09/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51993AMD)
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8. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51992AMD)
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9. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51990CHP)
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10. **AB519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519)
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11. **08/31/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB519&version=20090AB51991ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 519 SOLORIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB519 Solorio By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 519 DUVALL Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Solorio — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
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- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1628.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2009-06-04** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2009-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2009-07-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2009-07-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-09-10** To inactive file on motion of Senator Correa.
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- **2010-08-09** From inactive file.
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- **2010-08-09** To second reading.
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- **2010-08-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-20** (Corrected August 27.)
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- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 4841.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2010-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6645.)
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- **2010-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 6648.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2010-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2010.
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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/2644297f-f46b-41e7-ae39-59368ddc38b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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