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Bill	Automatic garage door openers: backup batteries.	Existing law requires an automatic garage door opener that is manufactured for sale, purchased, sold, offered for sale, or installed in a residence to comply with specified safety requirements, including that the automatic garage door opener have an automatic reverse safety device.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 969	California SB 969 (20172018)	bill	Automatic garage door openers: backup batteries.	enacted	Dodd	6	28	9	2018-01-31	2018-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8912a504-9a83-46a7-a958-e698862df4c0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB969	1ed83dff024bd8e46d3cc8babb06375b173712a8214bff9ad4437b0a040e286f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 969 (20172018) — Automatic garage door openers: backup batteries.

Existing law requires an automatic garage door opener that is manufactured for sale, purchased, sold, offered for sale, or installed in a residence to comply with specified safety requirements, including that the automatic garage door opener have an automatic reverse safety device.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/02/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/14/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/21/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB969 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 969 Dodd Senate Third Reading By AGUIAR-CURRY — 64–7 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB969 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB969 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-31 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-01 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Coms. on T. & H., JUD., and APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-03-20 Set for hearing April 3.
• 2018-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 4517.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4722.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-20 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2018-04-30 April 30 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4300.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4452.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-06-11 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-06-14 June 20 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 7. Page 6307.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-20 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5423.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 621, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8912a504-9a83-46a7-a958-e698862df4c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).