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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Autonomous vehicles."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1777"
citation: "California AB 1777 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Autonomous vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c03c6c5-5de3-412a-af68-d7057320c635"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777"
source_hash: "cd8f8ffeca6cf9ffbadb2de7c98c22b3bca3e54aa075146c13091b33d8a82eb1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177799INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177798AMD)
3. **04/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177797AMD)
4. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177796AMD)
5. **06/12/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177795AMD)
6. **07/01/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177794AMD)
7. **08/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177793AMD)
8. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177792AMD)
9. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177790CHP)
10. **AB1777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777)
11. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1777&version=20230AB177791ENR)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c03c6c5-5de3-412a-af68-d7057320c635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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