republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-393.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels: impoundment."
description: "Existing law makes it a crime to operate any vessel, as defined, while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug. Existing law authorizes a peace officer to remove and seize a motor vehicle upon arresting a person for committing specified crimes using that motor vehicle. Existing law prohibits impounding that motor vehicle for more than 30 days, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 393"
citation: "California SB 393 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels: impoundment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d70bed6b-fe46-4f37-9863-5a9b6854f4b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB393"
source_hash: "baa53ebaeab23b8b0494b96a2582489bf042d4a740c16580b2dd1da634be6897"
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 SB 393 (20192020) — Vessels: impoundment.

Existing law makes it a crime to operate any vessel, as defined, while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug. Existing law authorizes a peace officer to remove and seize a motor vehicle upon arresting a person for committing specified crimes using that motor vehicle. Existing law prohibits impounding that motor vehicle for more than 30 days, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB393&version=20190SB39399INT)
2. **08/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB393&version=20190SB39398AMD)
3. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB393&version=20190SB39396CHP)
4. **SB393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB393)
5. **09/04/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB393&version=20190SB39397ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB393 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB393 Stone Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 393 Stone Senate Third Reading By Eduardo Garcia — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2019-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 441.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2019-04-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 746.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** June 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2019-07-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2907.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2466.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 644, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d70bed6b-fe46-4f37-9863-5a9b6854f4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).