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CA AB 1532

enacted

Public Utilities Commission.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1532 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1532 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1532 about?

(1) Existing law establishes the membership of the Public Utilities Commission, and the qualifications and tenure of the members of the commission. Existing law requires the commission to report annually to the Legislature on the timeliness in resolving cases, including the days that commissioners presided in hearings. This bill would additionally require the commission to report on the days that commissioners attended hearings. The bill would require, in reporting on commissioner attendance at hearings, that the report include attendance at all types of hearings, including by hearing type, proceeding type, and industry type, as provided. (2) The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act provides for the regulation of charter-party carriers of passengers by the commission and includes specific requirements for liability insurance coverage, background checks, and other regulatory matters applicable to transportation network companies (TNCs) , which are certain organizations that, using an online-enabled application or platform, connect passengers with drivers using a personal vehicle. The act requires, until January 1, 2026, the commission, as part of its regulation of TNCs, to establish, in a new or existing proceeding, a program relating to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Among other program requirements, the act requires each TNC, by July 1, 2019, to pay on a quarterly basis to the commission an amount equivalent to, at a minimum, $0.05 for each TNC trip completed using the TNC's online-enabled application or platform that originates in certain geographic areas except if a TNC satisfies certain requirements for a partial or complete exemption from those charges, as specified. The act requires those charges collected by the commission to be deposited into the TNC Access for All Fund, and continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the commission for purposes of the program, including for distribution on a competitive basis to access providers that establish on-demand transportation programs or partnerships to meet the needs of persons with disabilities in the geographic areas included in the program. This bill would extend the requirement for the commission to establish that program until January 1, 2032, including extending the $0.05 charge for each completed TNC trip. By extending the operation of the TNC Access for All Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. (3) Under existing law, a violation of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because a violation of a commission action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 1532?

Committee on Communications and Conveyance is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1532.

Description

(1) Existing law establishes the membership of the Public Utilities Commission, and the qualifications and tenure of the members of the commission. Existing law requires the commission to report annually to the Legislature on the timeliness in resolving cases, including the days that commissioners presided in hearings. This bill would additionally require the commission to report on the days that commissioners attended hearings. The bill would require, in reporting on commissioner attendance at hearings, that the report include attendance at all types of hearings, including by hearing type, proceeding type, and industry type, as provided. (2) The Passenger Charter-party Carriers' Act provides for the regulation of charter-party carriers of passengers by the commission and includes specific requirements for liability insurance coverage, background checks, and other regulatory matters applicable to transportation network companies (TNCs) , which are certain organizations that, using an online-enabled application or platform, connect passengers with drivers using a personal vehicle. The act requires, until January 1, 2026, the commission, as part of its regulation of TNCs, to establish, in a new or existing proceeding, a program relating to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Among other program requirements, the act requires each TNC, by July 1, 2019, to pay on a quarterly basis to the commission an amount equivalent to, at a minimum, $0.05 for each TNC trip completed using the TNC's online-enabled application or platform that originates in certain geographic areas except if a TNC satisfies certain requirements for a partial or complete exemption from those charges, as specified. The act requires those charges collected by the commission to be deposited into the TNC Access for All Fund, and continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the commission for purposes of the program, including for distribution on a competitive basis to access providers that establish on-demand transportation programs or partnerships to meet the needs of persons with disabilities in the geographic areas included in the program. This bill would extend the requirement for the commission to establish that program until January 1, 2032, including extending the $0.05 charge for each completed TNC trip. By extending the operation of the TNC Access for All Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. (3) Under existing law, a violation of an order, decision, rule, direction, demand, or requirement of the commission is a crime. Because a violation of a commission action implementing this bill's requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-05-01
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill,appropriation
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Communications and Conveyanceauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-28

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-03-29

    From printer. May be heard in committee April 28.

  3. 2025-04-07

    Referred to Coms. on C. & C. and U. & E.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-04-24

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1265.)

  5. 2025-04-24

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on U. & E.)

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.

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  7. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30).

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  8. 2025-05-05

    Read second time and amended.

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  9. 2025-05-06

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  11. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-05-19

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 1. Page 1610.)

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  13. 2025-05-20

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  14. 2025-05-28

    Referred to Coms. on E., U & C. and TRANS.

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  15. 2025-06-05

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U & C.

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  16. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  17. 2025-07-03

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  18. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2025-08-13

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  20. 2025-08-25

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  21. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  22. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  23. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2619.).

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  25. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  26. 2025-09-10

    Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 1. Page 3186.).

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  27. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  28. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  29. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 03/28/25 - Introduced — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
  • 06/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-05Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • AB1532Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 17-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Patterson: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: other
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Garcia: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Hoover: other
    • Castillo: other
  • Do pass.

    2025-05-14 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Sanchez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Dixon: other
  • AB 1532 C. & C. Assembly Third Reading By BOERNER

    2025-05-20 · pass · 65-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Solache: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Papan: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ta: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Flora: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Transportation]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Strickland: other
    • Grove: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Umberg: yes
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-25 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: other
  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
  • 3rd Reading AB1532 C. & C. (Boerner) By McNerney Urgency Clause

    2025-09-08 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Stern: other
  • AB 1532 Communications and Conve Concurrence - Urgency Added By BOERNER

    2025-09-10 · pass · 67-1

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Hadwick: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Flora: other
    • Ta: other

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