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Bill	Department of Transportation: motor vehicle technology testing.	Existing law establishes rules of the road for the operation of a vehicle on state highways and roads. Existing law requires motor vehicles being driven outside of a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade, whether or not towing other vehicles, to be operated so as to allow sufficient space and in no event less than 100 feet between each vehicle or combination of vehicles so as to enable any other vehicle to overtake or pass.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 669	California AB 669 (20172018)	bill	Department of Transportation: motor vehicle technology testing.	enacted	Berman	6	28	9	2017-02-14	2017-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/02a391c5-4fe4-4215-83ee-8a83d2e66c6e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB669	d04bd2387cc563cf13212e2430e301ea95b74405286d994862448086ccc7363d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 669 (20172018) — Department of Transportation: motor vehicle technology testing.

Existing law establishes rules of the road for the operation of a vehicle on state highways and roads. Existing law requires motor vehicles being driven outside of a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade, whether or not towing other vehicles, to be operated so as to allow sufficient space and in no event less than 100 feet between each vehicle or combination of vehicles so as to enable any other vehicle to overtake or pass.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/19/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/04/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB669 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 669 BERMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB669 Berman By Hernandez — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 669 BERMAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1488.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-06-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-27 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2017-06-27 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2017-07-06 Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-19 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
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2503.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-07 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2017-09-13 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 3242.)
• 2017-09-14 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 13). committee-passage
• 2017-09-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3500.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 472, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02a391c5-4fe4-4215-83ee-8a83d2e66c6e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).