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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1444	California AB 1444 (20172018)	bill	Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority: demonstration project.	enacted	Baker	7	25	7	2017-02-17	2017-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/33bf9479-7b5d-429f-9d8c-e6e0eb72fa0b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1444	c8ea9aa7550468c4b173fa8d5e24cb2f76abe4d48ecfbfdb620bdb90e62eaf6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 04/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/02/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/12/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1444 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/33bf9479-7b5d-429f-9d8c-e6e0eb72fa0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).