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Bill	Modified limousines and tour buses: standards and inspection.	(1) Existing law, on and after January 1, 2017, requires any person operating a modified limousine that is modified prior to July 1, 2015, to ensure that the vehicle is equipped with 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 812	California SB 812 (20152016)	bill	Modified limousines and tour buses: standards and inspection.	enacted	Hill	14	38	10	2016-01-04	2016-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/ed892a9b-959c-4bfb-807e-702bf2389713	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB812	49a3a4dbaa6c94ebf11d46ea1f30d9e9f3458ff75817f125244e60ac640ed210	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 812 (20152016) — Modified limousines and tour buses: standards and inspection.

(1) Existing law, on and after January 1, 2017, requires any person operating a modified limousine that is modified prior to July 1, 2015, to ensure that the vehicle is equipped with 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.

Version chain

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

1. 01/04/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/12/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/17/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/12/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/27/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/16/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/21/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 06/29/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/18/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
12. 09/27/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
13. SB812 (committee substitute) — source
14. 09/06/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB812 Hill Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 812 Hill Senate Third Reading By CHIU — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)
• Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
• Ting — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-04 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-01-05 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.
• 2016-01-28 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E., U., & C. referral-committee
• 2016-02-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-16 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2016-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on E., U., & C. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3396.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-14 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2016-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3593.) (April 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2016-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3997.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4089.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2016-06-16 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2016-08-18 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2016-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6478.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5557.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 711, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed892a9b-959c-4bfb-807e-702bf2389713. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).