Bill Quirk
- Democratic
Author
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. This bill would require a person, as defined, who manufactures a foil balloon to permanently mark the balloon with additional specified information, including the dangers of releasing foil balloons that may come into contact with overhead power lines and that the balloon is in compliance with the provisions of this bill, as specified. The bill would define a "foil balloon" to mean a balloon that is constructed of electrically conductive material. This bill would require a person who sells, offers for sale, or manufactures for sale any foil balloon to ensure that those foil balloons are manufactured to meet certain requirements, including passing a standard test that is approved by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The bill would require foil balloons to become compliant with that requirement pursuant to a prescribed phase-in period. The bill, following completion of the phase-in period, would prohibit a person from selling, offering for sale, or manufacturing for sale, a foil balloon, unless the balloon complies with these provisions. The bill would toll specified dates and time periods when a serious development, manufacturing, production, or supply chain issue, or force majeure, occurs. This bill would define various terms for these purposes. This bill would make a person who violates, or who attempts to violate, these provisions subject to liability for injunction and a civil penalty of $50 per noncompliant balloon, not to exceed $2,500 per day for a totality of violations. The bill would authorize the penalty to be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the Attorney General or local officials, as specified. The bill would require the civil penalties to be collected and retained by the office that brought the action.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 401, Statutes of 2022.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5234.).
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Withdrawn from committee.
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.
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.
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.
Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on JUD.
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D., E., U. & C. and JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 3343.)
Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Quirk.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Quirk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB847 | HTML |
| 02/17/21 - Introduced | |
| 03/25/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/31/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/20/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/22/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/18/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/08/21- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 04/26/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/25/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/02/22- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 08/03/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/23/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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