---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unmanned aircraft systems."
description: "(1) Existing law provides certain individuals with immunity from civil liability under specific circumstances, including, among others, limiting the civil liability of a person who in good faith, and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care at the scene of an emergency, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 807"
citation: "California SB 807 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unmanned aircraft systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-01-04"
last_action: "2016-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89413262-fe5b-41ab-8b93-b16e59a04fad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807"
source_hash: "e4de6e2e64fb5f5e54fb9baa83ebfd04ad1d4274a117a166aa76a4d467b3c9d8"
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 807 (20152016) — Unmanned aircraft systems.

(1) Existing law provides certain individuals with immunity from civil liability under specific circumstances, including, among others, limiting the civil liability of a person who in good faith, and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care at the scene of an emergency, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807&version=20150SB80799INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807&version=20150SB80798AMD)
3. **05/27/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807&version=20150SB80797AMD)
4. **06/21/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807&version=20150SB80796AMD)
5. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807&version=20150SB80795AMD)
6. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807&version=20150SB80793CHP)
7. **SB807** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807)
8. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB807&version=20150SB80794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 807 Gaines Senate Third Reading By GATTO — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Baker — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Brough — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Chang — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — principal coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Obernolte — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Steinorth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-17** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2016-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3335.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2016-04-11** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3774.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2016-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6021.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5496.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 834, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89413262-fe5b-41ab-8b93-b16e59a04fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).