republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2174.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: removal from private property."
description: "Existing law authorizes the owner or person in lawful possession of private property to cause the removal of a vehicle parked on the property to a storage facility under specified circumstances, including when signs are posted prohibiting public parking and warning that vehicles will be removed at the owner's expense. Existing law requires the tow truck operator removing the vehicle, if the operator knows or is able to ascertain the name and address of the registered and legal owner of the vehicle, to immediately give, or cause to be given, notice in writing to the registered and legal owner of the fact of the removal and the amount of mileage on the vehicle at the time of the removal, among other things. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for the towing company to remove or commence the removal of a vehicle from private property without first obtaining the written authorization from the property owner or lessee, or an employee or agent thereof, except as specified, and requires the written authorization to include specified information, including the make, model, vehicle identification number, and license plate number of the removed vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2174"
citation: "California AB 2174 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: removal from private property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d0d83d2-e58a-489f-99a7-e14879da1a2a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2174"
source_hash: "00fa64dff06f1ad07a591a0ebf403d6fa906425276507f57e2841e189583ff0c"
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 2174 (20212022) — Vehicles: removal from private property.

Existing law authorizes the owner or person in lawful possession of private property to cause the removal of a vehicle parked on the property to a storage facility under specified circumstances, including when signs are posted prohibiting public parking and warning that vehicles will be removed at the owner's expense. Existing law requires the tow truck operator removing the vehicle, if the operator knows or is able to ascertain the name and address of the registered and legal owner of the vehicle, to immediately give, or cause to be given, notice in writing to the registered and legal owner of the fact of the removal and the amount of mileage on the vehicle at the time of the removal, among other things. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for the towing company to remove or commence the removal of a vehicle from private property without first obtaining the written authorization from the property owner or lessee, or an employee or agent thereof, except as specified, and requires the written authorization to include specified information, including the make, model, vehicle identification number, and license plate number of the removed vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2174&version=20210AB217499INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2174&version=20210AB217498AMD)
3. **04/27/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2174&version=20210AB217497AMD)
4. **08/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2174&version=20210AB217495CHP)
5. **AB2174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2174)
6. **08/09/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2174&version=20210AB217496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2174 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2174 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** 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`
- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4739.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4681.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-08** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 206, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d0d83d2-e58a-489f-99a7-e14879da1a2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).