---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electrically conductive balloons."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from selling or distributing a balloon constructed of electrically conductive material and filled with a gas lighter than air without affixing to the balloon a weighted object, the identity of the manufacturer, and a warning statement, and prohibits the sale or distribution of an electrically conductive balloon filled with a gas lighter than air that is attached to an electrically conductive string, tether, streamer, or another electrically conductive balloon or appurtenance. A violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2450"
citation: "California AB 2450 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electrically conductive balloons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73112737-4e8a-4d72-8ea4-93b30fc67cfd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2450"
source_hash: "249df26ddc09623b36032a5fa9f3bccbc200f19c3544ef6cc07a815a2e88e09a"
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 2450 (20172018) — Electrically conductive balloons.

Existing law prohibits a person from selling or distributing a balloon constructed of electrically conductive material and filled with a gas lighter than air without affixing to the balloon a weighted object, the identity of the manufacturer, and a warning statement, and prohibits the sale or distribution of an electrically conductive balloon filled with a gas lighter than air that is attached to an electrically conductive string, tether, streamer, or another electrically conductive balloon or appurtenance. A violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2450&version=20170AB245099INT)
2. **05/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2450&version=20170AB245098AMD)
3. **06/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2450&version=20170AB245097AMD)
4. **09/05/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2450&version=20170AB245095CHP)
5. **AB2450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2450)
6. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2450&version=20170AB245096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2450 QUIRK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2450 Quirk By Hill — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2450 QUIRK Assembly Third Reading — **56–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 12. Page 5128.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5335.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 6489.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73112737-4e8a-4d72-8ea4-93b30fc67cfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).