--- type: "Bill" title: "Automotive repair dealers: airbags." description: "Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, establishes the Bureau of Automotive Repair under the supervision and control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides that a person who fails to comply with the act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or by both that fine and imprisonment, except as defined." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 869" citation: "California SB 869 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Automotive repair dealers: airbags."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Yee"] version_count: 8 action_count: 34 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2011-02-18" last_action: "2011-10-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbe48296-bc6a-485e-8328-d21086803893" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869" source_hash: "0863a760cc70ebabf56768d7515be2026215426e1d1f56763a4018b97c50901c" 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 869 (20112012) — Automotive repair dealers: airbags. Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, establishes the Bureau of Automotive Repair under the supervision and control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides that a person who fails to comply with the act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, by imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, or by both that fine and imprisonment, except as defined. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869&version=20110SB86999INT) 2. **06/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869&version=20110SB86998AMD) 3. **06/20/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869&version=20110SB86997AMD) 4. **07/11/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869&version=20110SB86996AMD) 5. **09/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869&version=20110SB86995AMD) 6. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869&version=20110SB86993CHP) 7. **SB869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869) 8. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB869&version=20110SB86994ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB869 Yee Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 869 Yee Senate Third Reading By HAYASHI — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Yee — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22. - **2011-03-10** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-04** Set for hearing April 25. - **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 737.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-27** Withdrawn from committee. - **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-28** Withdrawn from committee. - **2011-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2011-05-03** Set for hearing May 9. - **2011-05-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 1036.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-05-27** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-09** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-13** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2011-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-28** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2011-07-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-25** From consent calendar. - **2011-08-25** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. (Page 2770.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-01** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2992.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2417.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 430, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbe48296-bc6a-485e-8328-d21086803893`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).