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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Autonomous vehicles: pilot project."
+description: "Existing law permits the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads for testing purposes if, among other requirements, a driver is seated in the driver's seat and is capable of taking immediate manual control of the vehicle in the event of an autonomous technology failure or other emergency."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 1592"
+citation: "California AB 1592 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Autonomous vehicles: pilot project."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2016-01-06"
+last_action: "2016-09-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df07a394-2ff0-4291-97b0-74b333d45f1f"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592"
+source_hash: "65e9706c1d693c80d661e5873f9aade2584f50b74c195ee76deebd79b0f9dd32"
+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 1592 (20152016) — Autonomous vehicles: pilot project.
+
+Existing law permits the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads for testing purposes if, among other requirements, a driver is seated in the driver's seat and is capable of taking immediate manual control of the vehicle in the event of an autonomous technology failure or other emergency.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/06/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159299INT)
+2. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159298AMD)
+3. **06/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159297AMD)
+4. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159296AMD)
+5. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159295AMD)
+6. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159294AMD)
+7. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159293AMD)
+8. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159291CHP)
+9. **AB1592** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592)
+10. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1592&version=20150AB159292ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1592 Bonilla By Cannella — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1592 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–3** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1592 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bonilla — primary (person)
+- Baker — coauthor (person)
+- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
+- Obernolte — coauthor (person)
+- Travis Allen — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-07** From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.
+- **2016-02-01** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2016-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4229.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-06-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5289.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 6338.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
+- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 814, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df07a394-2ff0-4291-97b0-74b333d45f1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+