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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public employment: local public transit agencies: autonomous transit vehicle technology."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 96"
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citation: "California AB 96 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public employment", "autonomous transit vehicle technology", "local public transit agencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57f04ac5-dfc3-419f-ad9f-1b1e0b37f67b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96"
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source_hash: "60248bdcf5cfa0a176c9003c722d96343ad7a49e0fef3f2a37fbc1e33b49ae5e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 96 (20232024) — Public employment: local public transit agencies: autonomous transit vehicle technology.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96&version=20230AB9699INT)
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2. **05/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96&version=20230AB9698AMD)
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3. **06/15/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96&version=20230AB9697AMD)
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4. **09/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96&version=20230AB9696AMD)
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5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96&version=20230AB9694CHP)
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6. **AB96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96)
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7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB96&version=20230AB9695ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB96 Kalra By Gonzalez — **31–8** (pass) · upper
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- AB 96 KALRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–12** (pass) · lower
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- AB 96 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **56–10** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kalra — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
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- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-30** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1406.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 10. Page 1482.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-17** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2821.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-14** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3614.)
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- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 12. Page 3615.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 419, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57f04ac5-dfc3-419f-ad9f-1b1e0b37f67b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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