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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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Vehicles: child safety seats.
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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.

  1. 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/14/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/21/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB53 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 101 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 143 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB53 Cristina Garcia By Pan — 327 (pass) · upper
  • AB 53 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — 6513 (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).