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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Online tool: traffic violator school."
+description: "Existing law requires the Judicial Council to develop an online tool for adjudicating infraction violations, including ability-to-pay determinations, to implement the tool on a phased schedule, and to make this tool available statewide on or before June 30, 2024. Existing law permits a court to allow defendants to agree to forfeit bail, plead guilty or nolo contendere, request an ability-to-pay determination, or otherwise adjudicate matters through the use of technology, for all infraction violations for which an in-person appearance is not required."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20212022"
+identifier: "SB 1096"
+citation: "California SB 1096 (20212022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Online tool: traffic violator school."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-02-16"
+last_action: "2022-08-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be7dac04-4fee-44f6-9f2c-62801d169113"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1096"
+source_hash: "df9a5c4a7384a776fb4c24dd71562f644f14006e199ac5a31a13c2f1587927a3"
+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 SB 1096 (20212022) — Online tool: traffic violator school.
+
+Existing law requires the Judicial Council to develop an online tool for adjudicating infraction violations, including ability-to-pay determinations, to implement the tool on a phased schedule, and to make this tool available statewide on or before June 30, 2024. Existing law permits a court to allow defendants to agree to forfeit bail, plead guilty or nolo contendere, request an ability-to-pay determination, or otherwise adjudicate matters through the use of technology, for all infraction violations for which an in-person appearance is not required.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1096&version=20210SB109699INT)
+2. **03/31/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1096&version=20210SB109698AMD)
+3. **05/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1096&version=20210SB109697AMD)
+4. **08/26/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1096&version=20210SB109695CHP)
+5. **SB1096** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1096)
+6. **08/10/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1096&version=20210SB109696ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 1096 Limón Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+- Special Consent SB1096 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar SB1096 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Limón — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-16** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
+- **2022-02-17** From printer.
+- **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-11** Set for hearing March 29.
+- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3255.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-31** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
+- **2022-04-13** April 18 hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 25.
+- **2022-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2022-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2022-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3555.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2022-04-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2022-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2022-06-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5640.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2022-06-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2022-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2022-08-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4684.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
+- **2022-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 191, 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/be7dac04-4fee-44f6-9f2c-62801d169113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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