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type: "Bill"
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title: "Automatic garage door openers: backup batteries."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 969"
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citation: "California SB 969 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Automatic garage door openers: backup batteries."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2018-01-31"
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last_action: "2018-09-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8912a504-9a83-46a7-a958-e698862df4c0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB969"
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source_hash: "1ed83dff024bd8e46d3cc8babb06375b173712a8214bff9ad4437b0a040e286f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 969 (20172018) — Automatic garage door openers: backup batteries.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/31/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB969&version=20170SB96999INT)
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2. **04/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB969&version=20170SB96998AMD)
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3. **06/14/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB969&version=20170SB96997AMD)
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4. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB969&version=20170SB96995CHP)
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5. **SB969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB969)
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6. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB969&version=20170SB96996ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 969 Dodd Senate Third Reading By AGUIAR-CURRY — **64–7** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent SB969 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB969 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dodd — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-31** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
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- **2018-02-08** Referred to Coms. on T. & H., JUD., and APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 3.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **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`
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- **2018-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
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- **2018-04-30** April 30 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
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- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4300.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4452.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2018-06-11** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-14** June 20 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 7. Page 6307.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5423.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 621, Statutes of 2018.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8912a504-9a83-46a7-a958-e698862df4c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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