---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle safety: recalls."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the transfer and registration of motor vehicles. Existing federal law requires a motor vehicle manufacturer to notify the owner or purchaser of a motor vehicle when the manufacturer determines that the vehicle contains a safety-related defect or when the manufacturer is ordered by the federal Secretary of Transportation to notify vehicle owners and purchasers that a vehicle has a safety-related defect. Existing federal law also prohibits a motor vehicle dealer from selling a vehicle if it has been notified of a safety-related defect by the manufacturer, except as specified. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 287"
citation: "California AB 287 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle safety: recalls."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 33
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2015-02-11"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5712acb3-58eb-411e-8494-acdc5dfdae3d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287"
source_hash: "fb858c59f9af69bc324f45af746f6e9b9a74815bd2a72c5066ed6a7dec6c8c6e"
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 287 (20152016) — Vehicle safety: recalls.

Existing law generally regulates the transfer and registration of motor vehicles. Existing federal law requires a motor vehicle manufacturer to notify the owner or purchaser of a motor vehicle when the manufacturer determines that the vehicle contains a safety-related defect or when the manufacturer is ordered by the federal Secretary of Transportation to notify vehicle owners and purchasers that a vehicle has a safety-related defect. Existing federal law also prohibits a motor vehicle dealer from selling a vehicle if it has been notified of a safety-related defect by the manufacturer, except as specified. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28799INT)
2. **03/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28798AMD)
3. **05/04/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28797AMD)
4. **05/28/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28796AMD)
5. **06/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28795AMD)
6. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28794AMD)
7. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28793AMD)
8. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28792AMD)
9. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28791AMD)
10. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28789CHP)
11. **AB287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287)
12. **09/01/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB287&version=20150AB28790ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 287 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 287 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB287 Gordon By Beall — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)
- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — author (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — author (person)
- Wilk — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1799.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5308.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6433.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 682, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5712acb3-58eb-411e-8494-acdc5dfdae3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).