---
type: "Bill"
title: "Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority: demonstration 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: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1444"
citation: "California AB 1444 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority: demonstration project."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33bf9479-7b5d-429f-9d8c-e6e0eb72fa0b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444"
source_hash: "c8ea9aa7550468c4b173fa8d5e24cb2f76abe4d48ecfbfdb620bdb90e62eaf6a"
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 1444 (20172018) — Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority: demonstration 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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444&version=20170AB144499INT)
2. **04/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444&version=20170AB144498AMD)
3. **05/02/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444&version=20170AB144497AMD)
4. **06/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444&version=20170AB144496AMD)
5. **10/12/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444&version=20170AB144494CHP)
6. **AB1444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444)
7. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444&version=20170AB144495ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1444 Baker et al. By Hill — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1444 BAKER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1444 BAKER Assembly Third Reading — **54–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baker — primary (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-13** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 13. Page 1790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2331.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 11. Page 2935.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 719, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33bf9479-7b5d-429f-9d8c-e6e0eb72fa0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).