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Bill	Vessel operator cards.	(1) Existing law prohibits the operation or navigation of a for-hire vessel, as defined, in the waters of California while carrying passengers, except by a person who holds a valid operator's license issued by the Division of Boating and Waterways. Under existing law, a person applying for an operator's license is required to undergo an examination, that may include, among other things, an inspection of the for-hire vessel.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 941	California SB 941 (20132014)	bill	Vessel operator cards.	enacted	Monning	8	26	8	2014-02-04	2014-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/6c9e3898-2e3d-47ac-b1c9-ba6d55597b0b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB941	2644fe337e3c45ee5796499c64b56b78f10c7102d9432961f813c83a47c2eb25	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 941 (20132014) — Vessel operator cards.

(1) Existing law prohibits the operation or navigation of a for-hire vessel, as defined, in the waters of California while carrying passengers, except by a person who holds a valid operator's license issued by the Division of Boating and Waterways. Under existing law, a person applying for an operator's license is required to undergo an examination, that may include, among other things, an inspection of the for-hire vessel.

Version chain

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

1. 02/04/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/18/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB941 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/25/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 24–10 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 941 Monning Senate Third Reading By BUCHANAN — 51–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB941 Monning Concurrence — 23–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Monning — primary (person)
• Buchanan — coauthor (person)
• DeSaulnier — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-04 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2014-02-05 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7.
• 2014-02-20 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2014-03-18 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2014-04-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3092.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
• 2014-05-05 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3705.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 3657.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2014-06-05 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2014-06-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-06-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-07-02 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 6236.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-21 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 7. Page 4686.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2014-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 433, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c9e3898-2e3d-47ac-b1c9-ba6d55597b0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).