republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-1003.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Skateboard parks: other wheeled recreational devices: safety and liability."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 1003"
citation: "California SB 1003 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Skateboard parks: other wheeled recreational devices: safety and liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f849cd8-071b-4c6f-926d-a56995197c4c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1003"
source_hash: "0828707e7fa4d4817654255c75b34f3dbfa812852e4bc1d1adc4c348d8f6f8fa"
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 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.

1. **02/13/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1003&version=20190SB100399INT)
2. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1003&version=20190SB100398AMD)
3. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1003&version=20190SB100396CHP)
4. **SB1003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1003)
5. **09/02/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1003&version=20190SB100397ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f849cd8-071b-4c6f-926d-a56995197c4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).