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Bill	Electrically conductive balloons.	Existing law requires a person who manufactures a balloon in this state that is constructed of electrically conductive material to permanently mark each balloon with, among other things, a statement warning consumers about the dangerous risk of fire if the balloon comes in contact with an electrical power line. Existing law also imposes specified requirements on a person who sells or distributes a balloon constructed of electrically conductive material that is filled with lighter-than-air gas, including prohibiting the person from attaching the balloon to an electrically conductive object.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 847	California AB 847 (20212022)	bill	Electrically conductive balloons.	enacted	Quirk	9	33	6	2021-02-17	2022-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/4f041ca6-61a3-425c-aea9-1d663abfc786	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847	e1f3d1e4420971446efd5bff0c531e77beaf08c435d6d4c314a48f8194c56d97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 847 (20212022) — Electrically conductive balloons.

Existing law requires a person who manufactures a balloon in this state that is constructed of electrically conductive material to permanently mark each balloon with, among other things, a statement warning consumers about the dangerous risk of fire if the balloon comes in contact with an electrical power line. Existing law also imposes specified requirements on a person who sells or distributes a balloon constructed of electrically conductive material that is filled with lighter-than-air gas, including prohibiting the person from attaching the balloon to an electrically conductive object.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/31/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB847 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB847 Quirk By Hueso — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 847 Quirk Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 847 Quirk Assembly Third Reading — 63–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-02 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Quirk.
• 2022-01-10 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Quirk.
• 2022-01-11 From inactive file.
• 2022-01-11 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-01-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 3343.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-01-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-04 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D., E., U. & C. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-05-05 Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-05-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U. & C. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-21 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2022-06-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5234.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 401, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f041ca6-61a3-425c-aea9-1d663abfc786. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).