California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 1662 — Unmanned aircraft systems: accident reporting.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing federal law, the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, provides for the integration of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, into the national airspace system. Existing federal law requires the operator of an unmanned aircraft system to immediately, and by the most expeditious means available, notify the nearest National Transportation Safety Board office when, among other things, an aircraft accident, as defined, or certain serious incidents occur. Those notifications are required to include, among other things, the name of the owner of the unmanned aircraft system, the name of the operator of the unmanned aircraft system, the date and time of the accident, and the nature of the accident. Existing state law requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to any person, other than himself or herself, or in the death of any person, to immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident and provide certain information and render assistance, as necessary, to the driver and occupants of the other vehicle and provide the specified information to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony. Existing law requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to any property, including vehicles, to immediately stop the vehicle at the nearest location that will not impede traffic or otherwise jeopardize the safety of other motorists and provide certain information to the owner or person in charge of the damaged property or place that information in a conspicuous place on the damaged property. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would require, except as specified, the operator of any unmanned aircraft system involved in an accident resulting in injury to an individual or damage to property to immediately land the unmanned aircraft at the nearest location that will not jeopardize the safety of others and provide certain information to the injured individual or the owner or person in charge of the damaged property or place that information in a conspicuous place on the damaged property. The bill would make a person who knowingly fails to comply with these provisions guilty of an infraction or a misdemeanor, as specified. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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. Vetoed by Governor.

  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 6577.).

  4. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6576.)

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 5567.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 5483.)

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 2. Page 4864.)

  18. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From Consent Calendar.

  20. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  21. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4).

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

  26. Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and TRANS.

  27. From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.

  28. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chau · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Chau

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 1662 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 73 Yea · 2 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 64204
Democratic 5000
Republican 4001
Total 73205
% of votes cast 91%3%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Brown — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Harper — Nay
Kim — Yea
Chang — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Obernolte — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1662 Chau By Gaines

Passed 34 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32202
Democratic 2100
Total 34302
% of votes cast 87%8%0%5%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Nay
Hertzberg — Yea
Beall — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Nay
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Nay
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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AB 1662 CHAU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 67 Yea · 2 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 572011
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 672011
% of votes cast 84%3%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Campos — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gray — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Chang — Not Voting
Atkins — Yea
Harper — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
McCarty — Not Voting
Melendez — Not Voting
Obernolte — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Not Voting
Hadley — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 20000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Holden — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Total 15001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chu — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Kim — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1662 do?
Existing federal law, the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, provides for the integration of unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, into the national airspace system. Existing federal law requires the operator of an unmanned aircraft system to immediately, and by the most expeditious means available, notify the nearest National Transportation Safety Board office when, among other things, an aircraft accident, as defined, or certain serious incidents occur. Those notifications are required to include, among other things, the name of the owner of the unmanned aircraft system, the name of the operator of the unmanned aircraft system, the date and time of the accident, and the nature of the accident. Existing state law requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to any person, other than himself or herself, or in the death of any person, to immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident and provide certain information and render assistance, as necessary, to the driver and occupants of the other vehicle and provide the specified information to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony. Existing law requires the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident resulting only in damage to any property, including vehicles, to immediately stop the vehicle at the nearest location that will not impede traffic or otherwise jeopardize the safety of other motorists and provide certain information to the owner or person in charge of the damaged property or place that information in a conspicuous place on the damaged property. A person who violates this requirement is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would require, except as specified, the operator of any unmanned aircraft system involved in an accident resulting in injury to an individual or damage to property to immediately land the unmanned aircraft at the nearest location that will not jeopardize the safety of others and provide certain information to the injured individual or the owner or person in charge of the damaged property or place that information in a conspicuous place on the damaged property. The bill would make a person who knowingly fails to comply with these provisions guilty of an infraction or a misdemeanor, as specified. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 AB 1662?
AB 1662 is sponsored by Chau.
What is the current status of AB 1662?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 1662?
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