California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: To Executive

SB 142 — Civil law: unmanned aerial vehicles.

Last action — Last day to consider Governors veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  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.

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Summary

Existing federal law, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, provides for the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, into the national airspace system by September 30, 2015. Existing federal law requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to develop and implement operational and certification requirements for the operation of public unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system by December 31, 2015. Existing law deems the detriment caused by wrongful occupation of real property to be the value of the use of the property for the time of the wrongful occupation, the reasonable cost of repair or restoration of the property, and the costs of recovering the possession. This bill would extend liability for wrongful occupation of real property and damages to a person who operates an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, as defined, less than 350 feet above ground level within the airspace overlaying the real property, without the express permission of the person or entity with the legal authority to grant access or without legal authority.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Last day to consider Governors veto pursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

  2. In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. Vetoed by the Governor.

  4. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.

  5. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 2195.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 13. Page 2570.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 14).

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  11. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

  12. June 9 hearing postponed by committee.

  13. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

  14. Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD.

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 9. Page 882.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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

  18. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 525.) (April 7).

  19. Set for hearing April 7.

  20. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  21. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 26.

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

Sponsors

  • Calderon · Cosponsor
  • Jackson · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Jackson

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Calderon

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB142 Jackson Concurrence

Passed 21 Yea · 12 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 191206
Democratic 2001
Total 211207
% of votes cast 53%30%0%18%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Block — Not Voting
Hernandez — Not Voting
Hertzberg — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Glazer — Nay
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Runner — Nay
Galgiani — Nay
Hall — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Hill — Nay
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Nay
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Not Voting
Nielsen — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting

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SB 142 Jackson Senate Third Reading By GATTO

Passed 56 Yea · 13 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5110010
Democratic 2101
Republican 3200
Total 5613011
% of votes cast 70%16%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Nay
Mullin — Nay
Olsen — Not Voting
Quirk — Not Voting
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Daly — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gordon — Not Voting
Gray — Not Voting
Chang — Not Voting
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Perea — Nay
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Hadley — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Nay
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 9 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8100
Republican 1000
Total 9100
% of votes cast 90%10%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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3rd Reading

Passed 24 Yea · 9 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21906
Democratic 3000
Total 24906
% of votes cast 62%23%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Roth — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Bates — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Not Voting
Runner — Nay
Galgiani — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Hueso — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Huff — Nay
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Wolk — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 5 Yea · 1 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4101
Democratic 1000
Total 5101
% of votes cast 71%14%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hertzberg — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Leno — Yea
Monning — Yea
Vidak — Not Voting
Wieckowski — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 142 do?
Existing federal law, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, provides for the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, into the national airspace system by September 30, 2015. Existing federal law requires the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to develop and implement operational and certification requirements for the operation of public unmanned aircraft systems in the national airspace system by December 31, 2015. Existing law deems the detriment caused by wrongful occupation of real property to be the value of the use of the property for the time of the wrongful occupation, the reasonable cost of repair or restoration of the property, and the costs of recovering the possession. This bill would extend liability for wrongful occupation of real property and damages to a person who operates an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, as defined, less than 350 feet above ground level within the airspace overlaying the real property, without the express permission of the person or entity with the legal authority to grant access or without legal authority.
Who sponsors SB 142?
SB 142 is sponsored by Calderon and Jackson.
What is the current status of SB 142?
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 SB 142?
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