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AB-1091 Balloons: electrically conductive material.(2017-2018)

Senate
Assembly
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Senate
Assembly
1st
Cmt
2nd
Cmt
2nd
Pass
1st
Cmt
2nd
Pass
Pass
Veto

Bill Status
AB-1091
Quirk (A)
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Balloons: electrically conductive material.
03/21/17
An act to amend Section 653.1 of the Penal Code, relating to balloons.
Assembly
07/14/17
04/18/17

Type of Measure
Active Bill - In Desk Process
Majority Vote Required
Non-Appropriation
Fiscal Committee
State-Mandated Local Program
Non-Urgency
Non-Tax levy
Last 5 History Actions
Date Action
09/11/17 Stricken from file.
08/21/17 Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
07/31/17 Vetoed by Governor.
07/18/17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
07/13/17 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Governor's Message
To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1091 without my signature.

This bill makes it a crime for anyone to willfully release balloons made of electrically conductive material outdoors.

I do not believe that expanded criminal liability is the best solution to the problem of electrically conductive balloons interfering with power lines. As I have said before, our Penal Code is already far too complex and unnecessarily proscriptive. Criminal penalties are not the solution to every problem.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.