---
type: "Bill"
title: "Space flight liability."
description: "The Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act requires a space flight entity, as defined, to collect a signed warning statement from each participant in space flight activities. The warning statement is required to inform the participant that there is limited civil liability for bodily injury sustained as a result of the inherent risks associated with space flight activities. The act limits the liability of a space flight entity that complies with these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 415"
citation: "California SB 415 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Space flight liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2014-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71749150-b9c2-4a3f-8fb3-e02cb87fad52"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB415"
source_hash: "194efbaefb0210ed0560a814cb244ff5e3efcf80bd824f7c3f0dcebd6a565b62"
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 415 (20132014) — Space flight liability.

The Space Flight Liability and Immunity Act requires a space flight entity, as defined, to collect a signed warning statement from each participant in space flight activities. The warning statement is required to inform the participant that there is limited civil liability for bodily injury sustained as a result of the inherent risks associated with space flight activities. The act limits the liability of a space flight entity that complies with these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB415&version=20130SB41599INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB415&version=20130SB41598AMD)
3. **01/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB415&version=20130SB41597AMD)
4. **06/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB415&version=20130SB41595CHP)
5. **SB415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB415)
6. **06/18/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB415&version=20130SB41596ENR)

## Votes

- SB 415 Knight Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-07** Heard for testimony only.
- **2013-12-19** Set for hearing January 14.
- **2014-01-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2599.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2655.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5547.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-06-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 48, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71749150-b9c2-4a3f-8fb3-e02cb87fad52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).