California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1981 — Rental vehicles: contracts: damage waivers.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 417, Statutes of 2014.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2014. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law governs contracts between vehicle rental companies and their customers and authorizes a rental company to sell a damage waiver for each full or partial 24-hour rental day. Existing law specifies the maximum rate of the damage waiver sold, as $9 or $15 per rental day, as determined by criteria that include the rental company designation of the vehicle based upon the manufacturer's suggested retail price and model year. For purposes of these provisions, existing law requires the manufacturer's suggested retail price to be adjusted annually to reflect changes from the previous year in the Consumer Price Index, as defined. This bill would remove the manufacturer's suggested retail price as one of the criteria for the rate of a damage waiver sold by a rental company. The bill would increase the maximum rate of the damage waiver to $11 per rental day for rental vehicles that a rental company designates as an "economy car," "compact car," or another term that has a similar meaning to the 2 smallest categories of vehicles described in prescribed standards, as of January 1, 2014. The bill would also increase the maximum rate of the damage waiver to $17 per rental day for rental vehicles in the next 3 body-size categories of vehicles described in these standards and that are also within a specified model year. For rentals that are older than the previous year's model, the bill would specify the maximum rate as $11 per rental day. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1936 of the Civil Code made by AB 2747 that would become operative if this bill and AB 2747 are both enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 417, Statutes of 2014.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 6584.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6571.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4852.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24).

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  13. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 5098.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  18. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 6).

  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

  22. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Brown · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Brown

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 1981 BROWN Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 71 Yea · 4 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65304
Democratic 4000
Republican 2100
Total 71404
% of votes cast 90%5%0%5%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mansoor — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hall — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Linder — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Logue — Yea
Salas — Yea
Medina — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chau — Yea
Conway — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Levine — Nay
Weber — Not Voting
Achadjian — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Allen — Yea
Daly — Yea
Fox — Nay
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB1981 Brown By Torres

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32005
Democratic 2001
Total 34006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Not Voting
Hueso — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hancock — Not Voting
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Lara — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea

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AB 1981 BROWN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 64 Yea · 3 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 573012
Democratic 4000
Republican 3000
Total 643012
% of votes cast 81%4%0%15%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Bigelow — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mansoor — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Ting — Yea
Conway — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fong — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Gordon — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Bonilla — Not Voting
Salas — Not Voting
Levine — Nay
Chau — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Donnelly — Not Voting
Fox — Nay
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
V. Manuel Pérez — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9000
Democratic 1000
Total 10000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Chau — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1981 do?
Existing law governs contracts between vehicle rental companies and their customers and authorizes a rental company to sell a damage waiver for each full or partial 24-hour rental day. Existing law specifies the maximum rate of the damage waiver sold, as $9 or $15 per rental day, as determined by criteria that include the rental company designation of the vehicle based upon the manufacturer's suggested retail price and model year. For purposes of these provisions, existing law requires the manufacturer's suggested retail price to be adjusted annually to reflect changes from the previous year in the Consumer Price Index, as defined. This bill would remove the manufacturer's suggested retail price as one of the criteria for the rate of a damage waiver sold by a rental company. The bill would increase the maximum rate of the damage waiver to $11 per rental day for rental vehicles that a rental company designates as an "economy car," "compact car," or another term that has a similar meaning to the 2 smallest categories of vehicles described in prescribed standards, as of January 1, 2014. The bill would also increase the maximum rate of the damage waiver to $17 per rental day for rental vehicles in the next 3 body-size categories of vehicles described in these standards and that are also within a specified model year. For rentals that are older than the previous year's model, the bill would specify the maximum rate as $11 per rental day. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1936 of the Civil Code made by AB 2747 that would become operative if this bill and AB 2747 are both enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors AB 1981?
AB 1981 is sponsored by Brown.
What is the current status of AB 1981?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2014. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1981?
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