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Bill	Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons.	(1) Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to require every commercial air operator, as defined, to procure, and continue in effect, adequate protection against liability for personal bodily injuries and property damage as a result of an accident, that may be imposed by law upon the operator and upon any person using, operating, or renting an aircraft, as defined, with the permission of the operator.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1524	California AB 1524 (20112012)	bill	Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons.	enacted	Allen	4	18	5	2012-01-19	2012-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/381e8df3-3325-45ef-9450-4b911bb7d91e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1524	1bf33a9c019ca317a3b35f1c1b0bb3dc407862b913fafa32b77c5c3a2c80eb96	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1524 (20112012) — Commercial air carriers: hot air balloons.

(1) Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to require every commercial air operator, as defined, to procure, and continue in effect, adequate protection against liability for personal bodily injuries and property damage as a result of an accident, that may be imposed by law upon the operator and upon any person using, operating, or renting an aircraft, as defined, with the permission of the operator.

Version chain

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

1. 01/19/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/13/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1524 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/05/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #14 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1524 ALLEN Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Evans — coauthor (person)
• Wolk — coauthor (person)
• Yamada — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-01-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-01-20 From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
• 2012-01-26 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2012-03-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-28 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-03-29 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-04-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4344.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-04-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-03 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2012-05-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-25 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-06-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4224.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-07-02 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2012-07-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
• 2012-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 108, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/381e8df3-3325-45ef-9450-4b911bb7d91e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).