Vehicle equipment: supplemental restraint system components and nonfunctional airbags.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to (a) install, reinstall, rewire, tamper with, alter, or modify for compensation, a vehicle's computer system or supplemental restraint system, otherwise referred to as an airbag, so that it falsely indicates the supplemental restraint system is in proper working order; or (b) knowingly distribute or sell a previously deployed airbag or component that will no longer meet the original equipment manufacturing form or function for proper operation.
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AB 2387
California AB 2387 (20152016)
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Vehicle equipment: supplemental restraint system components and nonfunctional airbags.
California AB 2387 (20152016) — Vehicle equipment: supplemental restraint system components and nonfunctional airbags.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to (a) install, reinstall, rewire, tamper with, alter, or modify for compensation, a vehicle's computer system or supplemental restraint system, otherwise referred to as an airbag, so that it falsely indicates the supplemental restraint system is in proper working order; or (b) knowingly distribute or sell a previously deployed airbag or component that will no longer meet the original equipment manufacturing form or function for proper operation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2387 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2387 Mullin By Hill — 39–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2387 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Mullin — primary (person)
Chang — coauthor (person)
Cooper — coauthor (person)
Holden — coauthor (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2016-03-08 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
2016-03-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-12 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2016-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-02 From Consent Calendar.
2016-05-02 Ordered to third reading.
2016-05-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4721.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4780.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-19 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
2016-06-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-11 From Consent Calendar.
2016-08-11 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5248.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6295.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
2016-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 694, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9404a388-efcc-45b8-900b-c5bed46abd49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).