--- 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).