---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recreational off-highway vehicles: helmets: exemption."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from operating, or allowing a passenger in, a recreational off-highway vehicle unless the person and the passenger are wearing safety helmets, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1835"
citation: "California AB 1835 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recreational off-highway vehicles: helmets: exemption."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olsen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/358ffd52-58be-498b-a56f-017525d2458d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1835"
source_hash: "737a2dac9d4baa4c694cf22bf2021dc6a532d87bdce8a7b4c7e3bc7d41686e59"
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 AB 1835 (20132014) — Recreational off-highway vehicles: helmets: exemption.

Existing law prohibits a person from operating, or allowing a passenger in, a recreational off-highway vehicle unless the person and the passenger are wearing safety helmets, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1835&version=20130AB183599INT)
2. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1835&version=20130AB183598AMD)
3. **09/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1835&version=20130AB183596CHP)
4. **AB1835** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1835)
5. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1835&version=20130AB183597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1835 OLSEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **49–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1835 Olsen By Berryhill — **26–8** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration granted. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1835 OLSEN Assembly Third Reading — **44–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–6** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Olsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2014-05-01** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4691.)
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 23. Page 5092.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 4495.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 6109.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 355, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/358ffd52-58be-498b-a56f-017525d2458d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).