republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2777.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: travel reimbursements."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires a state agency to permit state employees traveling on official state business to use transportation provided by a transportation network company, as defined, or lodging in a short-term rental, as defined. Existing law requires a state agency to reimburse the actual and necessary expenses of a state employee in this context consistently with the agency's standard reimbursement policies. Existing law requests and encourages the University of California to adopt travel reimbursement policies in accordance with these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2777"
citation: "California AB 2777 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employees: travel reimbursements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38d4667d-0fa5-4794-9b5f-9eb6fa81fa01"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2777"
source_hash: "c0d70afba08c3d8a45a79fc955c93c66391afb1781fca513f7b97928a37cb8e4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 2777 (20172018) — State employees: travel reimbursements.

Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires a state agency to permit state employees traveling on official state business to use transportation provided by a transportation network company, as defined, or lodging in a short-term rental, as defined. Existing law requires a state agency to reimburse the actual and necessary expenses of a state employee in this context consistently with the agency's standard reimbursement policies. Existing law requests and encourages the University of California to adopt travel reimbursement policies in accordance with these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2777&version=20170AB277799INT)
2. **05/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2777&version=20170AB277798AMD)
3. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2777&version=20170AB277796CHP)
4. **AB2777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2777)
5. **08/23/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2777&version=20170AB277797ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2777 DALY Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2777 Daly By Portantino — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5383.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5608.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 719, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38d4667d-0fa5-4794-9b5f-9eb6fa81fa01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).