republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1096.md

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Bill	Online tool: traffic violator school.	Existing law requires the Judicial Council to develop an online tool for adjudicating infraction violations, including ability-to-pay determinations, to implement the tool on a phased schedule, and to make this tool available statewide on or before June 30, 2024. Existing law permits a court to allow defendants to agree to forfeit bail, plead guilty or nolo contendere, request an ability-to-pay determination, or otherwise adjudicate matters through the use of technology, for all infraction violations for which an in-person appearance is not required.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 1096	California SB 1096 (20212022)	bill	Online tool: traffic violator school.	enacted	Limón	6	26	6	2022-02-16	2022-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/be7dac04-4fee-44f6-9f2c-62801d169113	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1096	df9a5c4a7384a776fb4c24dd71562f644f14006e199ac5a31a13c2f1587927a3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1096 (20212022) — Online tool: traffic violator school.

Existing law requires the Judicial Council to develop an online tool for adjudicating infraction violations, including ability-to-pay determinations, to implement the tool on a phased schedule, and to make this tool available statewide on or before June 30, 2024. Existing law permits a court to allow defendants to agree to forfeit bail, plead guilty or nolo contendere, request an ability-to-pay determination, or otherwise adjudicate matters through the use of technology, for all infraction violations for which an in-person appearance is not required.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/26/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1096 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/10/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1096 Limón Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB1096 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar SB1096 — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Limón — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2022-02-16 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2022-02-17 From printer.
• 2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-03-11 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2022-03-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3255.) (March 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-31 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2022-04-13 April 18 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-04-14 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2022-04-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3555.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-04-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2022-05-19 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-05-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-06-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5640.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-06-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-03 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4684.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
• 2022-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 191, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be7dac04-4fee-44f6-9f2c-62801d169113. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).