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| Bill | Vehicles: child safety seats. | Existing law requires a parent, legal guardian, or the driver of a motor vehicle to properly secure a child under 8 years of age in an appropriate passenger restraint system while the child is riding in a motor vehicle. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime. | us/states/ca | California Legislature | 20152016 | AB 53 | California AB 53 (20152016) |
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California AB 53 (20152016) — Vehicles: child safety seats.
Existing law requires a parent, legal guardian, or the driver of a motor vehicle to properly secure a child under 8 years of age in an appropriate passenger restraint system while the child is riding in a motor vehicle. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 04/14/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 09/21/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- AB53 (committee substitute) — source
- 08/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — 14–3 (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB53 Cristina Garcia By Pan — 32–7 (pass) · upper
- AB 53 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — 65–13 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2014-12-01 Read first time. To print.
reading-1 - 2014-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
- 2015-01-22 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and APPR.
referral-committee - 2015-04-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- 2015-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1 - 2015-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
referral-committee - 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 6).
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 1382.)
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2015-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1 - 2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on T. & H.
referral-committee - 2015-06-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage - 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
committee-passage - 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2015-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 2154.).
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2015-08-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage - 2015-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- 2015-09-21 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2015-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 292, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9297b28-3c17-44fe-b79a-dda4fcfccd76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).