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type: "Bill"
title: "Electrically conductive balloons."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 847"
citation: "California AB 847 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electrically conductive balloons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f041ca6-61a3-425c-aea9-1d663abfc786"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847"
source_hash: "e1f3d1e4420971446efd5bff0c531e77beaf08c435d6d4c314a48f8194c56d97"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847&version=20210AB84799INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847&version=20210AB84798AMD)
3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847&version=20210AB84797AMD)
4. **05/31/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847&version=20210AB84796AMD)
5. **06/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847&version=20210AB84795AMD)
6. **08/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847&version=20210AB84794AMD)
7. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847&version=20210AB84792CHP)
8. **AB847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847)
9. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB847&version=20210AB84793ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB847 Quirk By Hueso — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — **110** (pass) · upper
- AB 847 Quirk Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- AB 847 Quirk Assembly Third Reading — **630** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **170** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f041ca6-61a3-425c-aea9-1d663abfc786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).