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type: "Bill"
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title: "Rental passenger vehicle transactions."
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description: "Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers, including, among other provisions, required disclosures by a rental company, mandatory and prohibited contract provisions for a vehicle rental agreement, and authorization for a rental company to collect specific types of fees and charges from its customers. Existing law authorizes a rental company to sell a damage waiver for each rental day and imposes rate limitations on damage waivers based on the category of vehicle."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 901"
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citation: "California AB 901 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Rental passenger vehicle transactions."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-17"
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last_action: "2021-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27605efb-9903-4f33-9709-9e85d55f674f"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901"
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source_hash: "f2eb48e794ac6813f9450d9861ab5eb2074acf53d5dd3dcc602df13a9dd9dc0f"
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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 901 (20212022) — Rental passenger vehicle transactions.
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Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers, including, among other provisions, required disclosures by a rental company, mandatory and prohibited contract provisions for a vehicle rental agreement, and authorization for a rental company to collect specific types of fees and charges from its customers. Existing law authorizes a rental company to sell a damage waiver for each rental day and imposes rate limitations on damage waivers based on the category of vehicle.
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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. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90199INT)
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2. **03/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90198AMD)
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3. **04/12/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90197AMD)
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4. **04/27/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90196AMD)
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5. **07/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90195AMD)
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6. **08/30/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90194AMD)
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7. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90193AMD)
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8. **09/30/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90191CHP)
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9. **AB901** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901)
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10. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB901&version=20210AB90192ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 901 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **10–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB901 Calderon By Hertzberg — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 901 Calderon Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Calderon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2021-03-18** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1287.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 1717.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-07-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2530.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 2975.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2021-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 415, Statutes of 2021. `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/27605efb-9903-4f33-9709-9e85d55f674f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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