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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: bicycle helmets."
description: "Existing law requires a person under 18 years of age to wear a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet, as specified, while operating, or riding as a passenger upon, a bicycle, a nonmotorized scooter, or a skateboard, or while wearing in-line or roller skates, upon a street, bikeway, or any other public bicycle path or trail. A violation of this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $25. Existing law requires the parent or legal guardian having control or custody of an unemancipated minor whose conduct violates this provision to be jointly and severally liable with the minor for the amount of the fine imposed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3077"
citation: "California AB 3077 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: bicycle helmets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5020337f-900f-4da0-a93c-05ab343fafb0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3077"
source_hash: "470e56420eeed9b116b50e2c3b9f8cdebef4f10dfaf6088a1f07cf3bd8313892"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 3077 (20172018) — Vehicles: bicycle helmets.
Existing law requires a person under 18 years of age to wear a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet, as specified, while operating, or riding as a passenger upon, a bicycle, a nonmotorized scooter, or a skateboard, or while wearing in-line or roller skates, upon a street, bikeway, or any other public bicycle path or trail. A violation of this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $25. Existing law requires the parent or legal guardian having control or custody of an unemancipated minor whose conduct violates this provision to be jointly and severally liable with the minor for the amount of the fine imposed.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3077&version=20170AB307799INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3077&version=20170AB307798AMD)
3. **04/09/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3077&version=20170AB307797AMD)
4. **08/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3077&version=20170AB307796AMD)
5. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3077&version=20170AB307794CHP)
6. **AB3077** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3077)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3077&version=20170AB307795ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · upper
- AB 3077 CABALLERO Consent Calendar Second Day — **750** (pass) · lower
- AB 3077 CABALLERO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **800** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3077 Caballero By Mitchell — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Caballero — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4828.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-05-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5878.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6896.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 502, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5020337f-900f-4da0-a93c-05ab343fafb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).