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CA AB 2193

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Autonomous vehicles.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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. Existing law authorizes a peace officer, as defined, to issue a notice of autonomous vehicle noncompliance upon observing an alleged violation of the Vehicle Code or upon observing an alleged violation of a local traffic ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code by an autonomous vehicle while the autonomous technology is engaged. This bill would require a citation for a traffic violation by a level 4 or 5 autonomous vehicle to be issued to the manufacturer of the autonomous technology if a traffic violation was committed while either the vehicle did not have a person in the driver's seat or the vehicle had a person in the driver's seat and the autonomous technology was engaged. The bill would authorize those citations to be issued by first-class mail. The bill would require a citation to be issued to the driver of an autonomous vehicle of any level if a traffic violation was committed while there was a person in the driver's seat and the autonomous technology was not engaged. The bill would require a citation to be issued to the driver of a level 3 autonomous vehicle if a traffic violation was committed while there was a person in the driver's seat and the autonomous technology was engaged. The bill would authorize the driver to, as a defense, raise that the autonomous technology was responsible for the traffic violation. The bill would require the citation to be issued to the manufacturer of the autonomous technology if the court determines that a level 3 autonomous vehicle was the cause of the traffic violation. The bill would authorize the holder of the testing permit or deployment permit to contest a citation or penalty.

Introduced
2026-03-16
Status date
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Latest action
2026-05-14 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Taauthor
  • Daviescoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  3. 2026-03-09

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and C. & C.

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  4. 2026-03-16

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  6. 2026-04-07

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6).

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  7. 2026-04-08

    Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2026-04-09

    Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.

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  9. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2026-05-13

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. 2026-05-14

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)

  12. 2026-05-14

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 04/08/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-08Compare
  • AB2193Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-04-06 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Lackey: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hart: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-15 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Boerner: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bonta: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2193

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