republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1069.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: taxicab transportation services."
description: "Existing law requires every city or county to adopt an ordinance or resolution in regard to taxicab transportation service and requires each city or county to provide for a policy for entry into the business of providing taxicab transportation service, the establishment or registration of rates for the provision of taxicab transportation service, and a mandatory controlled substance and alcohol testing certification program for drivers, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1069"
citation: "California AB 1069 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: taxicab transportation services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b62dfe8-5834-46d5-9376-b85e08f205df"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069"
source_hash: "0548e8124ebdc6e9eee8891ef3619a03536d3974c5202f7974a11b5b561199fc"
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 1069 (20172018) — Local government: taxicab transportation services.

Existing law requires every city or county to adopt an ordinance or resolution in regard to taxicab transportation service and requires each city or county to provide for a policy for entry into the business of providing taxicab transportation service, the establishment or registration of rates for the provision of taxicab transportation service, and a mandatory controlled substance and alcohol testing certification program for drivers, as specified.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069&version=20170AB106999INT)
2. **04/18/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069&version=20170AB106998AMD)
3. **05/26/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069&version=20170AB106997AMD)
4. **06/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069&version=20170AB106996AMD)
5. **08/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069&version=20170AB106995AMD)
6. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069&version=20170AB106994AMD)
7. **10/13/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069&version=20170AB106992CHP)
8. **AB1069** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069)
9. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1069&version=20170AB106993ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1069 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1069 LOW Assembly Third Reading — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1069 Low By McGuire — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1717.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1797.) `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 Coms. on GOV. & F. and T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-08-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2856.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-14** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3371.)
- **2017-09-14** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (September 14). `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3504.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 753, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b62dfe8-5834-46d5-9376-b85e08f205df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).