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Bill	Autonomous vehicles: zero emissions.	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 being operated if the manufacturer meets prescribed requirements, including the submission of an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) with specified certifications regarding the features of the autonomous vehicle, among other things.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 500	California SB 500 (20212022)	bill	Autonomous vehicles: zero emissions.	enacted	Min	8	31	9	2021-02-17	2021-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/9eadb063-8973-4a03-9a17-737f55d9846a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB500	975b3726f343f0fe81276dd573f5664059ac2e500a3167c9bf0c770beeae1306	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 500 (20212022) — Autonomous vehicles: zero emissions.

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 being operated if the manufacturer meets prescribed requirements, including the submission of an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) with specified certifications regarding the features of the autonomous vehicle, among other things.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/25/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/23/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/23/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB500 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 29–7 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• SB 500 Min Senate Third Reading By Berman — 53–20 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance] — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB500 Min Concurrence — 30–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Min — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Set for hearing April 13.
• 2021-04-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2. Page 780.) (April 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2021-04-29 May 3 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1194.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 1390.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and C. & C. referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-01 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-02 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2355.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2021-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 277, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9eadb063-8973-4a03-9a17-737f55d9846a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).