California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 807 — Unmanned aircraft systems.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 834, Statutes of 2016.

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  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 January 04, 2016. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law provides certain individuals with immunity from civil liability under specific circumstances, including, among others, limiting the civil liability of a person who in good faith, and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care at the scene of an emergency, as specified. This bill would further limit the exposure to civil liability of an emergency responder, defined as a paid or an unpaid volunteer or private entity acting within the scope of authority implicitly or expressly provided by a local public entity or a public employee of a local public entity to provide emergency services, for damage to an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, if the damage was caused while the emergency responder was performing specific emergency services and the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system was interfering with the provision of those emergency services. (2) The Government Claims Act sets forth the general procedure for the presentation of a claim as a prerequisite to the commencement of an action for money or damages against a "public entity," "local public entity," or a "public employee," and defines those terms for its purposes. The act prohibits liability against a public entity or public employee for, among other things, certain acts relating to the provision of fire protection and police and correctional activities, as specified. This bill would further limit the exposure to civil liability of a local public entity or public employee of a local public entity for damage to an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, if the damage was caused while the local public entity or public employee of a local public entity was performing specific emergency services and the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system was interfering with the provision of those emergency services. The bill would specify that this immunity is in addition to any other immunity provided to a local public entity or public employee of a local public entity under law.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 834, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5496.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6021.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended.

  10. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  13. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3).

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14).

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

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

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

  20. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3774.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  23. Set for hearing April 11.

  24. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3335.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Set for hearing March 29.

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

  27. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  28. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.

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

Sponsors

  • Anderson · Cosponsor
  • Baker · Cosponsor
  • Bates · Cosponsor
  • Brough · Cosponsor
  • Cannella · Cosponsor
  • Chang · Cosponsor
  • Cooley · Cosponsor
  • Fuller · Cosponsor
  • Gatto · Cosponsor
  • Tom Lackey · Cosponsor
  • Leno · Cosponsor
  • Obernolte · Cosponsor
  • Roth · Cosponsor
  • Steinorth · Cosponsor
  • Bill Berryhill · Cosponsor
  • Beth Gaines · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 106 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (15)

  • Anderson
  • Baker
  • Bates
  • Brough
  • Cannella
  • Chang
  • Cooley
  • Fuller
  • Gatto
  • Lackey, Tom Republican
  • Leno
  • Obernolte
  • Roth
  • Steinorth
  • Bill Berryhill

Not signed on (106)

106 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

Special Consent

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36000
Democratic 3000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 807 Gaines Senate Third Reading By GATTO

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Campos — Yea
Levine — Yea
Chang — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Not Voting
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
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
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Daly — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Quirk — 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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3rd Reading

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34003
Democratic 3000
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hueso — Yea
Anderson — Not Voting
Vidak — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Subjects

public-safety technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 807 do?
(1) Existing law provides certain individuals with immunity from civil liability under specific circumstances, including, among others, limiting the civil liability of a person who in good faith, and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care at the scene of an emergency, as specified. This bill would further limit the exposure to civil liability of an emergency responder, defined as a paid or an unpaid volunteer or private entity acting within the scope of authority implicitly or expressly provided by a local public entity or a public employee of a local public entity to provide emergency services, for damage to an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, if the damage was caused while the emergency responder was performing specific emergency services and the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system was interfering with the provision of those emergency services. (2) The Government Claims Act sets forth the general procedure for the presentation of a claim as a prerequisite to the commencement of an action for money or damages against a "public entity," "local public entity," or a "public employee," and defines those terms for its purposes. The act prohibits liability against a public entity or public employee for, among other things, certain acts relating to the provision of fire protection and police and correctional activities, as specified. This bill would further limit the exposure to civil liability of a local public entity or public employee of a local public entity for damage to an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system, if the damage was caused while the local public entity or public employee of a local public entity was performing specific emergency services and the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system was interfering with the provision of those emergency services. The bill would specify that this immunity is in addition to any other immunity provided to a local public entity or public employee of a local public entity under law.
Who sponsors SB 807?
SB 807 is sponsored by Anderson, Baker, Bates, Brough, Cannella, Chang, Cooley, Fuller, Gatto, Lackey, Tom (Republican), Leno, Obernolte, Roth, Steinorth, Bill Berryhill, and Beth Gaines.
What is the current status of SB 807?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 04, 2016. Enacted.
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