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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	20192020	AB 1671	California AB 1671 (20192020)	bill	Department of Transportation: motor vehicle technology testing.	enacted	Berman	6	26	8	2019-02-22	2019-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/b4d89f80-cd5b-4cc1-8246-766cc435bf37	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1671	007f1f94ecd66cc51331538a2de92a5d033c62a04fb47e501177b4f1dfc69bc1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1671 (20192020) — 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. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/26/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/20/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1671 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/09/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1671 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1671 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1671 Berman By Beall — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-18 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-04-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-04-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1905.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-08 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2457.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3027.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 322, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4d89f80-cd5b-4cc1-8246-766cc435bf37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).