SB3158 Summary

• Prohibits intentionally or knowingly manufacturing, importing, installing, reinstalling, distributing, selling, or offering for sale counterfeit supplemental restraint system components, nonfunctional air bags, or air bags that do not meet federal safety requirements (title 49 CFR section 571.208) with intent to replace air bags in air-bag-required motor vehicles

• Prohibits intentionally or knowingly selling, offering for sale, installing, or reinstalling devices that cause a motor vehicle's diagnostic systems to fail to warn that an air bag is not installed or that the vehicle is equipped with a counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag component

• Violation of these prohibitions constitutes a class C felony

• Defines key terms including "air bag," "counterfeit supplemental restraint system component," "nonfunctional air bag," and "supplemental restraint system" with reference to federal regulations and requirements

• Takes effect upon approval; does not affect rights, duties, or proceedings that matured before the effective date