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Authors Sharp-Collins  
Coauthors: Davies   Wahab  
Subject Vehicles: storage and towing.
Relating To relating to vehicles.
Title An act to amend Sections 10652.5 and 22524.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-06
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-06     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-06     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-15     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-09-08     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3019.).
2025-09-03     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-03     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2439.).
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-28     Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-25     From Consent Calendar.
2025-08-25     Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-20     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-08-19     From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-09     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-02     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-25     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-11     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-05-28     Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD.
2025-05-20     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-19     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1607.)
2025-05-15     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-14     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2025-04-29     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-29     Coauthors revised.
2025-04-23     Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-04-22     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2025-04-01     Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-03-28     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-28     Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-06
Enrolled     2025-09-10
Amended Senate     2025-08-28
Amended Senate     2025-07-02
Amended Senate     2025-06-11
Amended Assembly     2025-04-22
Amended Assembly     2025-03-28
Introduced     2025-02-20
Analyses TBD
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Under existing law, when a vehicle has been towed and stored, the legal owner may only be charged a storage fee during the first 15 days of possession, and beyond the first 15 days, only for any time after 3 days have lapsed after written notification has been made to the legal owner, as specified. Existing law requires that fees charged under these provisions for storage and towing be reasonable.

Existing law makes an insurer that is responsible for reasonable storage and towing charges liable to the person providing those services when a vehicle is towed and stored as a result of an accident or stolen recovery, as specified. Existing law requires that these storage and towing fees be reasonable and enumerates a list of fees that are presumptively unreasonable.

This bill would expand the list of presumptively unreasonable fees for purposes of the provisions described above to include, among other things, storage fees charged for state holidays that exceed the posted standard daily storage rate and towing fees charged when the owner or the operator of a tow truck is directed by a law enforcement officer to remove a vehicle at the scene of a state or local emergency, as specified.