Bill Commons

CA AB 2361

enacted

Insurance: personal vehicle sharing.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2361 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2361 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2361 about?

Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including automobile liability insurance. Existing law prohibits classifying a private passenger motor vehicle as a commercial vehicle, for-hire vehicle, permissive use vehicle, or livery solely because its owner allows it to be shared, if specified criteria are met. In the event of a loss or injury that occurs during any time period when the vehicle is under the operation and control of a person other than the vehicle owner, existing law requires the personal vehicle sharing program to assume all liability of the owner and is considered the owner of the vehicle for all purposes. Existing law requires a personal vehicle sharing program to provide insurance coverages for the vehicle and operator at a minimum of $45,000 for bodily injury or death for one person, $90,000 for bodily injury or death for all persons, and $15,000 for property damage, and, on and after January 1, 2031, to provide liability coverage at least 3 times the minimum insurance requirements for private passenger vehicles. This bill would, instead of requiring a personal vehicle sharing program to assume all liability of the owner, require the program to assume liability of the owner for bodily injury or property damage to injured third parties resulting from personal vehicle sharing in amounts stated in the personal vehicle sharing program agreement, and not less than $250,000 for bodily injury or death for one person, $500,000 for bodily injury or death for all persons, and $100,000 for property damage. The bill would make these provisions inapplicable if the vehicle owner acts in concert with a shared vehicle driver who fails to return the shared vehicle pursuant to the terms of the personal vehicle sharing program agreement.

Who sponsors CA AB 2361?

Pacheco is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2361, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law generally regulates classes of insurance, including automobile liability insurance. Existing law prohibits classifying a private passenger motor vehicle as a commercial vehicle, for-hire vehicle, permissive use vehicle, or livery solely because its owner allows it to be shared, if specified criteria are met. In the event of a loss or injury that occurs during any time period when the vehicle is under the operation and control of a person other than the vehicle owner, existing law requires the personal vehicle sharing program to assume all liability of the owner and is considered the owner of the vehicle for all purposes. Existing law requires a personal vehicle sharing program to provide insurance coverages for the vehicle and operator at a minimum of $45,000 for bodily injury or death for one person, $90,000 for bodily injury or death for all persons, and $15,000 for property damage, and, on and after January 1, 2031, to provide liability coverage at least 3 times the minimum insurance requirements for private passenger vehicles. This bill would, instead of requiring a personal vehicle sharing program to assume all liability of the owner, require the program to assume liability of the owner for bodily injury or property damage to injured third parties resulting from personal vehicle sharing in amounts stated in the personal vehicle sharing program agreement, and not less than $250,000 for bodily injury or death for one person, $500,000 for bodily injury or death for all persons, and $100,000 for property damage. The bill would make these provisions inapplicable if the vehicle owner acts in concert with a shared vehicle driver who fails to return the shared vehicle pursuant to the terms of the personal vehicle sharing program agreement.

Introduced
2026-04-23
Latest action
2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pachecoauthor
  • Alvarezcoauthor
  • Carrillocoauthor
  • Nguyencoauthor
  • Michelle Rodriguezcoauthor
  • Blanca Rubiocoauthor
  • Walliscoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2026-09-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 601, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-27

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-31

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. 2026-08-25

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.).

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  5. 2026-08-25

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6485.).

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  6. 2026-08-24

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-24

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  8. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-08-03

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  10. 2026-06-25

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2026-06-25

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  12. 2026-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  13. 2026-06-18

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

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  14. 2026-05-27

    Referred to Coms. on INS. and JUD.

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  15. 2026-05-18

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

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  16. 2026-05-18

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5136.)

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  17. 2026-05-14

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2026-05-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).

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  19. 2026-05-06

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  20. 2026-04-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2026-04-27

    Read second time and amended.

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  22. 2026-04-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  23. 2026-03-09

    Referred to Com. on INS.

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  24. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  25. 2026-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 04/27/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-27Compare
  • 06/18/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-18Compare
  • 08/27/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-27Compare
  • 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
  • AB2361Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-22 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-13 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes

  • AB 2361 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-18 · pass · 65-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ransom: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Dixon: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Kalra: other
    • Ward: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Jackson: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Lee: other
    • Wicks: other
    • Boerner: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2026-06-24 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Niello: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Jones: other

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