CA AB 1197
enactedRental passenger vehicles: electronic surveillance technology: renter liability for loss due to theft.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 1197 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1197 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-07. Latest recorded action (2025-10-07): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 449, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 1197 about?
Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers, as provided. Existing law prohibits a rental company from using, accessing, or obtaining any information relating to the renter's use of the rental vehicle that was obtained using electronic surveillance technology, as defined, except under specified circumstances. Existing law permits a rental company and a renter to limit the responsibilities of a renter in specified events, including loss due to theft of the rented vehicle up to its fair market value, as provided. Existing law establishes, in the situation described in the previous sentence, a presumption that the renter has no liability for loss due to theft if specified conditions are met, including that an authorized driver has possession of the ignition key or establishes that the ignition key was not in the vehicle at the time of the theft, as provided. This bill would allow a rental company to use geofence technology, as specified, to detect rental vehicle movement in prescribed circumstances. The bill, with respect to the above-described provisions relating to the renter's liability for loss due to theft, would revise the presumption that the renter has no liability for loss due to theft to instead apply this presumption if an authorized driver returns the ignition key.
Who sponsors CA AB 1197?
Calderon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1197.
Description
Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental car company, also referred to as a rental company, and its customers, as provided. Existing law prohibits a rental company from using, accessing, or obtaining any information relating to the renter's use of the rental vehicle that was obtained using electronic surveillance technology, as defined, except under specified circumstances. Existing law permits a rental company and a renter to limit the responsibilities of a renter in specified events, including loss due to theft of the rented vehicle up to its fair market value, as provided. Existing law establishes, in the situation described in the previous sentence, a presumption that the renter has no liability for loss due to theft if specified conditions are met, including that an authorized driver has possession of the ignition key or establishes that the ignition key was not in the vehicle at the time of the theft, as provided. This bill would allow a rental company to use geofence technology, as specified, to detect rental vehicle movement in prescribed circumstances. The bill, with respect to the above-described provisions relating to the renter's liability for loss due to theft, would revise the presumption that the renter has no liability for loss due to theft to instead apply this presumption if an authorized driver returns the ignition key.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-07 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 449, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Calderonauthor
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Action timeline
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
introduction
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-03-28
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-28
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and INS.
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2025-04-01
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-02
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-10
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-21
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-21
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-04-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-28
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2025-05-07
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
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2025-05-08
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1649.)
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2025-05-23
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-04
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.
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2025-06-25
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 24).
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2025-06-26
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2025-07-15
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 15).
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2025-07-16
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2705.).
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2025-09-09
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3239.).
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-07
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-07
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 449, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
- 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
- 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
- 04/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-24Compare
- 05/08/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-08Compare
- 06/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-26Compare
- 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
- 10/07/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-07Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2025-04-29 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Sanchez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-06 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Macedo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Wicks: other
AB 1197 Calderon Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-23 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (79)
- DeMaio: yes
- Davies: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Solache: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Papan: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bains: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Nguyen: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Wicks: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2025-06-24 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Niello: yes
- Laird: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Wahab: no
- Valladares: other
Do pass
2025-07-15 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Pérez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
3rd Reading AB1197 Calderon By Grayson
2025-09-09 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Jones: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Wahab: other
AB 1197 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Tangipa: other
- Schiavo: other
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