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Bill	Public employment: local public transit agencies: autonomous transit vehicle technology.	Existing law creates various transit districts and prescribes requirements applicable to their labor relations, including those that address the recognition and certification of exclusive employee representatives, unit determinations, and procedures for meeting and conferring on matters subject to collective bargaining. Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in state government as a means of resolving disputes and enforcing the statutory duties and rights of specified public employers and employees under various acts regulating collective bargaining. Existing law includes within PERB's jurisdiction the resolution of disputes alleging violation of rules and regulations adopted by a public agency, as defined, concerning unit determinations, representations, recognition, and elections, as specified. Existing law authorizes PERB to adopt rules and regulations to carry out its purposes, as provided. Existing law does not apply the above provisions to employees of specified public transit agencies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 96	California AB 96 (20232024)	bill	Public employment autonomous transit vehicle technology local public transit agencies	enacted	Kalra	7	24	5	2023-01-09	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/57f04ac5-dfc3-419f-ad9f-1b1e0b37f67b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96	60248bdcf5cfa0a176c9003c722d96343ad7a49e0fef3f2a37fbc1e33b49ae5e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 96 (20232024) — Public employment: local public transit agencies: autonomous transit vehicle technology.

Existing law creates various transit districts and prescribes requirements applicable to their labor relations, including those that address the recognition and certification of exclusive employee representatives, unit determinations, and procedures for meeting and conferring on matters subject to collective bargaining. Existing law establishes the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in state government as a means of resolving disputes and enforcing the statutory duties and rights of specified public employers and employees under various acts regulating collective bargaining. Existing law includes within PERB's jurisdiction the resolution of disputes alleging violation of rules and regulations adopted by a public agency, as defined, concerning unit determinations, representations, recognition, and elections, as specified. Existing law authorizes PERB to adopt rules and regulations to carry out its purposes, as provided. Existing law does not apply the above provisions to employees of specified public transit agencies.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB96 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB96 Kalra By Gonzalez — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• AB 96 KALRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–12 (pass) · lower
• AB 96 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 56–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
• 2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2023-01-30 Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 22). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1406.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 10. Page 1482.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-17 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2023-06-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-06-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
• 2023-09-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-09-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2821.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3614.)
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 12. Page 3615.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 419, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57f04ac5-dfc3-419f-ad9f-1b1e0b37f67b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).