republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1682.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels: public safety activities."
description: "(1) Existing law generally regulates the operation of vessels and associated equipment used, to be used, or carried in vessels used on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the state. Existing law provides specified exemptions to the above-described provision, including for a vessel whose owner is a state or subdivision thereof, that is used principally for governmental purposes, and which is clearly identifiable as such."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1682"
citation: "California AB 1682 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels: public safety activities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boerner Horvath"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db941cb8-d830-4dc3-967d-dea942558386"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1682"
source_hash: "3b2321d212d90ec4c36cbb0c4834cf8fd55d0bf48960fb24eda93423c82b146b"
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 1682 (20212022) — Vessels: public safety activities.

(1) Existing law generally regulates the operation of vessels and associated equipment used, to be used, or carried in vessels used on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the state. Existing law provides specified exemptions to the above-described provision, including for a vessel whose owner is a state or subdivision thereof, that is used principally for governmental purposes, and which is clearly identifiable as such.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1682&version=20210AB168299INT)
2. **02/28/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1682&version=20210AB168298AMD)
3. **06/06/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1682&version=20210AB168297AMD)
4. **08/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1682&version=20210AB168295CHP)
5. **AB1682** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1682)
6. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1682&version=20210AB168296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1682 Boerner Horvath Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1682 Boerner Horvath Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB1682 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
- Ward — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-03-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3878.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-05-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4685.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5815.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 203, 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/db941cb8-d830-4dc3-967d-dea942558386`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).