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Bill Autonomous vehicles: testing on public roads. Existing law authorizes the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads for testing purposes by a driver who possesses the proper class of license for the type of vehicle operated if specified requirements are satisfied. Existing law prohibits the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads until the manufacturer submits an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified, and that application is approved. Existing law requires the department to notify the Legislature if it receives an application from a manufacturer seeking approval to operate an autonomous vehicle capable of operating without the presence of a driver inside the vehicle. Existing law prohibits such an application from becoming effective any sooner than 180 days after that application is submitted. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 SB 145 California SB 145 (20172018)
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California SB 145 (20172018) — Autonomous vehicles: testing on public roads.

Existing law authorizes the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads for testing purposes by a driver who possesses the proper class of license for the type of vehicle operated if specified requirements are satisfied. Existing law prohibits the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads until the manufacturer submits an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified, and that application is approved. Existing law requires the department to notify the Legislature if it receives an application from a manufacturer seeking approval to operate an autonomous vehicle capable of operating without the presence of a driver inside the vehicle. Existing law prohibits such an application from becoming effective any sooner than 180 days after that application is submitted.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 09/07/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/12/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 10/12/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB145 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/20/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • SB 145 Hill Third Reading Urgency By BERMAN — 762 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance] — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB145 Hill et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hill — primary (person)
  • Acosta — coauthor (person)
  • Chávez — coauthor (person)
  • Dodd — coauthor (person)
  • Mathis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-01-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
  • 2017-01-26 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-04 Set for hearing April 18.
  • 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 750.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
  • 2017-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-04 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 959.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-05-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2017-05-18 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and C. & C. referral-committee
  • 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-07-03 Coauthors revised.
  • 2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-08-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2017-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2017-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
  • 2017-09-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3254.)
  • 2017-09-13 Withdrawn from committee.
  • 2017-09-13 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2017-09-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-09-15 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3493.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-09-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2017-09-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3009.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2017-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2017-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 725, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43abd582-9c2f-4aef-88e3-9a6a17c5ea36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).