---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: child passenger restraints."
description: "(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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 929"
citation: "California SB 929 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: child passenger restraints."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a40813d1-575a-4ba7-b6d0-9259c12dfbdb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB929"
source_hash: "bfa6434fa9800eb5aec7d6a2574bf111fdf5389a7b2d726c4ded6c0508723c26"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 929 (20112012) — Vehicles: child passenger restraints.

(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.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB929&version=20110SB92999INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB929&version=20110SB92998AMD)
3. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB929&version=20110SB92997AMD)
4. **07/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB929&version=20110SB92996AMD)
5. **10/04/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB929&version=20110SB92994CHP)
6. **SB929** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB929)
7. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB929&version=20110SB92995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB929 Evans Concurrence — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 929 Evans Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — **48–27** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **5–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** 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. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1176.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time and amended. (Page 2334.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 2391.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** 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. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-08-19** Set for hearing August 23.
- **2011-08-24** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 3. Page 2043.) `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 2146.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 474, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a40813d1-575a-4ba7-b6d0-9259c12dfbdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).