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Bill	Autonomous vehicles.	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 adopt regulations setting forth requirements for the submission and approval of an application, including, among other things, any testing, equipment, and performance standards the department concludes are necessary to ensure the safe operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1777	California AB 1777 (20232024)	bill	Autonomous vehicles	enacted	Ting	11	34	7	2024-01-03	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/6c03c6c5-5de3-412a-af68-d7057320c635	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777	cd8f8ffeca6cf9ffbadb2de7c98c22b3bca3e54aa075146c13091b33d8a82eb1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1777 (20232024) — Autonomous vehicles.

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 adopt regulations setting forth requirements for the submission and approval of an application, including, among other things, any testing, equipment, and performance standards the department concludes are necessary to ensure the safe operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/03/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/16/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/12/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/01/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/06/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1777 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1777 Ting et al. By Becker — 23–9 (pass) · upper
• AB 1777 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1777 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 41–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Davies — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-04 From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
• 2024-03-21 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
• 2024-05-16 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5352.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-08-06 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 41. Noes 1.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 682, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c03c6c5-5de3-412a-af68-d7057320c635. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).