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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles: public agency utilities."
+description: "Executive Order No. N-79-20 establishes the goal of transitioning medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in California to zero-emission vehicles by 2045 for all operations where feasible and by 2035 for drayage trucks, and requires the State Air Resources Board to develop and propose medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations to meet that goal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 1594"
+citation: "California AB 1594 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles", "public agency utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2023-02-17"
+last_action: "2023-10-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4033778-8fbf-43a8-ab5c-46fa4bd8dbe7"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594"
+source_hash: "292e30f9933b005ef322dfd9b9a45486e18deaa6dc2b10527c5444ae73d2917c"
+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 1594 (20232024) — Medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles: public agency utilities.
+
+Executive Order No. N-79-20 establishes the goal of transitioning medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in California to zero-emission vehicles by 2045 for all operations where feasible and by 2035 for drayage trucks, and requires the State Air Resources Board to develop and propose medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations to meet that goal.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594&version=20230AB159499INT)
+2. **03/13/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594&version=20230AB159498AMD)
+3. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594&version=20230AB159497AMD)
+4. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594&version=20230AB159496AMD)
+5. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594&version=20230AB159495AMD)
+6. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594&version=20230AB159493CHP)
+7. **AB1594** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594)
+8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1594&version=20230AB159494ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1594 Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1594 Garcia Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1594 Garcia et al. By Bradford — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Garcia — primary (person)
+- Bradford — coauthor (person)
+- Dahle — coauthor (person)
+- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
+- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** Coauthors revised.
+- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2017.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-14** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2023-09-11** From special consent calendar
+- **2023-09-11** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 2703.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
+- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3473.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4033778-8fbf-43a8-ab5c-46fa4bd8dbe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+