---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels: violations."
description: "Existing law makes a person who moors a vessel to, or hangs on with a vessel to, a buoy or beacon, except as provided, guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1162"
citation: "California SB 1162 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels: violations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berryhill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/885ff6e0-7860-4fc8-8fcd-7971756d8ce0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1162"
source_hash: "c4e521e14701ebcf43df75946bc914b80097bb8a057a5517b67279bbc50b6a22"
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 1162 (20132014) — Vessels: violations.

Existing law makes a person who moors a vessel to, or hangs on with a vessel to, a buoy or beacon, except as provided, guilty of a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1162&version=20130SB116299INT)
2. **04/07/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1162&version=20130SB116298AMD)
3. **06/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1162&version=20130SB116296CHP)
4. **SB1162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1162)
5. **06/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1162&version=20130SB116297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1162 Berryhill, T. Senate Third Reading By LINDER — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berryhill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-27** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2014-04-02** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-10** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2014-04-16** Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-17** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3215.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3358.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5619.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 67, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/885ff6e0-7860-4fc8-8fcd-7971756d8ce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).