Skateboard parks: other wheeled recreational devices: safety and liability.
Existing law prohibits an operator of a skateboard park from permitting a person to ride a skateboard at the park, unless the person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads. Existing law provides that a skateboard facility owned or operated by a local public agency that is not supervised on a regular basis may satisfy the above requirement if it complies with certain things, including the adoption of an ordinance that requires a person riding a skateboard in the facility to wear a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads, as provided. Existing law provides that a public entity is not liable to a person who participates in a hazardous recreational activity, and that skateboarding at a facility owned or operated by a public entity as a public skateboard park is a hazardous recreational activity, if certain conditions are met.
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California Legislature
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SB 1003
California SB 1003 (20192020)
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Skateboard parks: other wheeled recreational devices: safety and liability.
California SB 1003 (20192020) — Skateboard parks: other wheeled recreational devices: safety and liability.
Existing law prohibits an operator of a skateboard park from permitting a person to ride a skateboard at the park, unless the person is wearing a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads. Existing law provides that a skateboard facility owned or operated by a local public agency that is not supervised on a regular basis may satisfy the above requirement if it complies with certain things, including the adoption of an ordinance that requires a person riding a skateboard in the facility to wear a helmet, elbow pads, and knee pads, as provided. Existing law provides that a public entity is not liable to a person who participates in a hazardous recreational activity, and that skateboarding at a facility owned or operated by a public entity as a public skateboard park is a hazardous recreational activity, if certain conditions are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB1003 Jones et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1003 Jones Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar SB1003 Jones et al. Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Jones — primary (person)
Bates — coauthor (person)
Dahle — coauthor (person)
Hueso — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2020-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
2020-02-27 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-03-11 Set for hearing March 24.
2020-03-18 March 24 hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-12 Set for hearing May 22.
2020-05-22 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3583.) (May 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3681.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2020-06-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2020-07-09 July 22 hearing postponed by committee.
2020-07-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-07-27 July 30 hearing postponed by committee.
2020-08-12 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-30 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5280.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2020-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2020-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2020-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 236, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f849cd8-071b-4c6f-926d-a56995197c4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).