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Bill	Modified limousines: passenger safety.	(1) Existing law, on and after January 1, 2016, requires any person operating a modified limousine that is modified prior to July 1, 2015, to ensure that the vehicle is equipped with at least 2 rear side doors and one or 2 rear windows that the rear seat passengers or all passengers of the vehicle may open from the inside of the vehicle in case of any fire or other emergency, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 863	California AB 863 (20152016)	bill	Modified limousines: passenger safety.	enacted	Dodd	6	25	5	2015-02-26	2015-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/45e33d78-f0bd-43e7-b276-7ed5c63ea780	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB863	08ea419fcfd1243150651a055a9d4d58e48929ca194b7cb9eb8f8be2a68c830b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 863 (20152016) — Modified limousines: passenger safety.

(1) Existing law, on and after January 1, 2016, requires any person operating a modified limousine that is modified prior to July 1, 2015, to ensure that the vehicle is equipped with at least 2 rear side doors and one or 2 rear windows that the rear seat passengers or all passengers of the vehicle may open from the inside of the vehicle in case of any fire or other emergency, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/08/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/04/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB863 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 863 DODD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB863 Dodd By Hill — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 863 DODD Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)
• Brown — principal coauthor (person)
• Hill — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 966.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-06-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-07-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 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
• 2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2197.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2677.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 480, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45e33d78-f0bd-43e7-b276-7ed5c63ea780. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).