---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unsafe used tires: installation."
description: "Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of automotive repair dealers by the Bureau of Automotive Repair. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor unless otherwise specified, and may subject a licensee to disciplinary action, including license suspension or revocation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 949"
citation: "California AB 949 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unsafe used tires: installation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d61aa62c-9ed6-4b03-a2eb-d3e768d07ae4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB949"
source_hash: "ad39ab0e5b6e81a7860369c45b16b3686712d3ba01e77993699b624e0051c87a"
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 949 (20192020) — Unsafe used tires: installation.

Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of automotive repair dealers by the Bureau of Automotive Repair. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor unless otherwise specified, and may subject a licensee to disciplinary action, including license suspension or revocation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB949&version=20190AB94999INT)
2. **04/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB949&version=20190AB94998AMD)
3. **09/06/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB949&version=20190AB94996CHP)
4. **AB949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB949)
5. **08/27/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB949&version=20190AB94997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 949 Medina Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB949 Medina By Galgiani — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1770.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2270.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d61aa62c-9ed6-4b03-a2eb-d3e768d07ae4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).