California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 929 — Vehicles: child passenger restraints.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 474, Statutes of 2011.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle, as defined, on a highway unless that person and all passengers 16 years of age or older are properly restrained by a safety belt. This bill would define the phrase "properly restrained by a safety belt" for purposes of those provisions. Existing law prohibits the operator of a limousine for hire or the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined, from operating the limousine for hire or authorized emergency vehicle, unless the operator and any passengers 6 years of age or over or weighing 60 pounds or more in the front seat are properly restrained by a safety belt. Existing law also prohibits the operator of a taxicab from operating the taxicab unless any passengers 6 years of age or older or weighing 60 pounds or more in the front seat are properly restrained by a safety belt. This bill would instead prohibit the operator of a limousine for hire or authorized emergency vehicle or the operator of a taxicab, from operating the limousine for hire, authorized emergency vehicle, or taxicab unless the operator and any passengers 8 years of age or older in the front seat are properly restrained by a safety belt. Existing law requires a child or ward under 6 years of age who weighs less than 60 pounds to be secured in a rear seat in a child passenger restraint system that meets specified federal standards, but permits such a child or ward to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle if properly secured in a child passenger restraint system that meets specified federal standards, under specified circumstances, including, among other things, if all rear seats are already occupied by children under 12 years of age. This bill would instead prohibit a parent, legal guardian, or driver from transporting on a highway in a motor vehicle, as defined, a child or ward who is under 8 years of age without securing that child in an appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards, except as provided. The bill would impose specified fines and penalties for violations of those requirements, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes a law enforcement officer reasonably suspecting a violation of those child passenger restraint system requirements to stop a vehicle transporting a child appearing to the officer to be within a specified age or weight range of under 6 years of age or less than 60 pounds. This bill would instead authorize a law enforcement officer reasonably suspecting a violation of those requirements to stop a vehicle transporting a child appearing to the officer to be within the age range of less than 8 years of age. Existing law permits a court to exempt from the above-described child passenger restraint system requirements any class of child by age, weight, or size if it is determined that the use of a child passenger restraint system would be impractical by reason of physical unfitness, medical condition, or size, and establishes 2 statutory exemptions. This bill would revise that provision to also specify that a child or ward under 8 years of age who is 4 feet 9 inches in height or taller may be properly restrained by a safety belt rather than a child passenger restraint system. Existing law requires every public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center, at the time of the discharge of a child to provide and discuss information on the current law requiring child passenger restraint systems to the parents or person to whom the child is released when the child is less than 6 years of age or weighs less than 60 pounds. This bill would instead require a public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center, at the time of the discharge of a child, to provide and discuss information on the current law requiring child passenger restraint systems, safety belts, and the transportation of children in rear seats to the parents or person to whom the child is released if the child is under 8 years of age. Existing law requires every car rental agency in California to inform each of its customers of a specified child safety restraint law by posting, in a place conspicuous to the public in each established place of business of the agency notice that meets specified requirements and includes a prescribed statement. This bill would revise the language that would be required to be included in the notice, with regard to the application of those child safety restraint laws to children under 8 years of age. Because a violation of the vehicle law constitutes a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the scope of an existing crime. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 474, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 2146.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 3. Page 2043.)

  6. Set for hearing August 23.

  7. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 1957.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  8. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.

  9. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  10. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 2391.) Ordered to the Senate.

  11. Ordered to third reading.

  12. Read third time and amended. (Page 2334.)

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (July 6).

  15. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  17. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  18. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  19. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1176.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  20. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  21. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  22. Set for hearing May 16.

  23. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Withdrawn from committee.

  25. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 865.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  26. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  27. Set for hearing May 3.

  28. Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F.

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  30. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Evans · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Evans

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

Unfinished Business SB929 Evans Concurrence

Passed 23 Yea · 11 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221104
Republican 0001
Democratic 1001
Total 231106
% of votes cast 58%28%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Cannella — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Evans — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Negrete McLeod — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Not Voting
Dutton — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Huff — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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SB 929 Evans Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL

Passed 48 Yea · 27 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 472505
Democratic 1000
Republican 0200
Total 482705
% of votes cast 60%34%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Nay
Feuer — Yea
Butler — Yea
Fong — Yea
Allen — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Williams — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Campos — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Galgiani — Not Voting
Garrick — Nay
Gordon — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Atkins — Yea
Halderman — Nay
Conway — Nay
Hall — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Bonilla — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Cook — Nay
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Hueso — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Knight — Nay
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Nay
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Huber — Nay
Huffman — Yea
Lara — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Pan — Yea
Silva — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Nay
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 11 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10501
Democratic 1000
Total 11501
% of votes cast 65%29%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Campos — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Davis — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Norby — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 8 Yea · 3 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8303
Total 8303
% of votes cast 57%21%0%21%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Eng — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Logue — Nay
Miller — Nay
Norby — Nay
Solorio — Not Voting
Achadjian — Not Voting
Buchanan — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 26 Yea · 12 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 241201
Democratic 2000
Republican 0001
Total 261202
% of votes cast 65%30%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Liu — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wolk — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Rubio — Yea
Evans — Yea
Cannella — Nay
Runner — Nay
Fuller — Nay
Huff — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Nay
Leno — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Harman — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 929 do?
(1) Existing law prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle, as defined, on a highway unless that person and all passengers 16 years of age or older are properly restrained by a safety belt. This bill would define the phrase "properly restrained by a safety belt" for purposes of those provisions. Existing law prohibits the operator of a limousine for hire or the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined, from operating the limousine for hire or authorized emergency vehicle, unless the operator and any passengers 6 years of age or over or weighing 60 pounds or more in the front seat are properly restrained by a safety belt. Existing law also prohibits the operator of a taxicab from operating the taxicab unless any passengers 6 years of age or older or weighing 60 pounds or more in the front seat are properly restrained by a safety belt. This bill would instead prohibit the operator of a limousine for hire or authorized emergency vehicle or the operator of a taxicab, from operating the limousine for hire, authorized emergency vehicle, or taxicab unless the operator and any passengers 8 years of age or older in the front seat are properly restrained by a safety belt. Existing law requires a child or ward under 6 years of age who weighs less than 60 pounds to be secured in a rear seat in a child passenger restraint system that meets specified federal standards, but permits such a child or ward to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle if properly secured in a child passenger restraint system that meets specified federal standards, under specified circumstances, including, among other things, if all rear seats are already occupied by children under 12 years of age. This bill would instead prohibit a parent, legal guardian, or driver from transporting on a highway in a motor vehicle, as defined, a child or ward who is under 8 years of age without securing that child in an appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards, except as provided. The bill would impose specified fines and penalties for violations of those requirements, as prescribed. Existing law authorizes a law enforcement officer reasonably suspecting a violation of those child passenger restraint system requirements to stop a vehicle transporting a child appearing to the officer to be within a specified age or weight range of under 6 years of age or less than 60 pounds. This bill would instead authorize a law enforcement officer reasonably suspecting a violation of those requirements to stop a vehicle transporting a child appearing to the officer to be within the age range of less than 8 years of age. Existing law permits a court to exempt from the above-described child passenger restraint system requirements any class of child by age, weight, or size if it is determined that the use of a child passenger restraint system would be impractical by reason of physical unfitness, medical condition, or size, and establishes 2 statutory exemptions. This bill would revise that provision to also specify that a child or ward under 8 years of age who is 4 feet 9 inches in height or taller may be properly restrained by a safety belt rather than a child passenger restraint system. Existing law requires every public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center, at the time of the discharge of a child to provide and discuss information on the current law requiring child passenger restraint systems to the parents or person to whom the child is released when the child is less than 6 years of age or weighs less than 60 pounds. This bill would instead require a public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center, at the time of the discharge of a child, to provide and discuss information on the current law requiring child passenger restraint systems, safety belts, and the transportation of children in rear seats to the parents or person to whom the child is released if the child is under 8 years of age. Existing law requires every car rental agency in California to inform each of its customers of a specified child safety restraint law by posting, in a place conspicuous to the public in each established place of business of the agency notice that meets specified requirements and includes a prescribed statement. This bill would revise the language that would be required to be included in the notice, with regard to the application of those child safety restraint laws to children under 8 years of age. Because a violation of the vehicle law constitutes a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program by expanding the scope of an existing crime. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 929?
SB 929 is sponsored by Evans.
What is the current status of SB 929?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2011. Enacted.
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