---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tour buses: modified tour buses."
description: "Existing law defines \"tour bus\" for purposes of regulation under the Vehicle Code. Existing law requires an operator of a tour bus to use a safety belt and to report any accidents involving the tour bus to the Department of the California Highway Patrol."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 25"
citation: "California AB 25 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tour buses: modified tour buses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bf47a56-e4d1-461c-ade1-c1c54a72fae4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25"
source_hash: "1f62206e462b2b2bf79963192d8a69e4bd2a675a9d72ef8b575e02605d5e4f63"
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 25 (20172018) — Tour buses: modified tour buses.

Existing law defines "tour bus" for purposes of regulation under the Vehicle Code. Existing law requires an operator of a tour bus to use a safety belt and to report any accidents involving the tour bus to the Department of the California Highway Patrol.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25&version=20170AB2599INT)
2. **03/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25&version=20170AB2598AMD)
3. **05/02/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25&version=20170AB2597AMD)
4. **05/26/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25&version=20170AB2596AMD)
5. **08/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25&version=20170AB2595AMD)
6. **09/27/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25&version=20170AB2593CHP)
7. **AB25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25)
8. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB25&version=20170AB2594ENR)

## Sponsors

- Nazarian — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1922.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E., U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-06-28** Ordered to second reading.
- **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 2460.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3013.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 310, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bf47a56-e4d1-461c-ade1-c1c54a72fae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).