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CA AB 33

withdrawn

Autonomous vehicles.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 33 pass?

No. CA AB 33 was withdrawn on 2025-09-09 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-09-09): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Gonzalez.

What is CA AB 33 about?

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. A violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to that code is an infraction. This bill would prohibit the delivery of commercial goods, as defined, directly to a residence or to a business for its use or retail sale through the operation of an autonomous vehicle without a human safety operator on any highway within the State of California. The bill would make a first violation of this provision subject to a $10,000 administrative fine and a $25,000 administrative fine for subsequent violations. The bill would authorize the department to suspend or revoke the permit of an autonomous vehicle manufacturer for repeated violations of this provision. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature evaluating the performance of autonomous vehicle technology and its impact on public safety and employment, as specified. This bill would require all relevant state agencies, including, among others, the Department of Transportation and the State Air Resources Board, to provide information to the department to research this report. The bill would prohibit the department from issuing a deployment permit for the use of an autonomous vehicle to deliver commercial goods without a human safety operator until a later enacted statute authorizes the issuance of a permit for that purpose. The bill would also make certain findings and declarations related to these provisions.

Who sponsors CA AB 33?

Aguiar-Curry is the primary sponsor of CA AB 33, joined by 5 cosponsors.

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. A violation of the Vehicle Code or a local ordinance adopted pursuant to that code is an infraction. This bill would prohibit the delivery of commercial goods, as defined, directly to a residence or to a business for its use or retail sale through the operation of an autonomous vehicle without a human safety operator on any highway within the State of California. The bill would make a first violation of this provision subject to a $10,000 administrative fine and a $25,000 administrative fine for subsequent violations. The bill would authorize the department to suspend or revoke the permit of an autonomous vehicle manufacturer for repeated violations of this provision. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature evaluating the performance of autonomous vehicle technology and its impact on public safety and employment, as specified. This bill would require all relevant state agencies, including, among others, the Department of Transportation and the State Air Resources Board, to provide information to the department to research this report. The bill would prohibit the department from issuing a deployment permit for the use of an autonomous vehicle to deliver commercial goods without a human safety operator until a later enacted statute authorizes the issuance of a permit for that purpose. The bill would also make certain findings and declarations related to these provisions.

Introduced
2025-03-04
Latest action
2025-09-09 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Gonzalez.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Aguiar-Curryauthor
  • Lackeyprincipal coauthor
  • Addiscoauthor
  • Daviescoauthor
  • Lowenthalcoauthor
  • Cervantescoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  4. 2025-03-04

    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. 2025-03-05

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  6. 2025-03-19

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  7. 2025-04-01

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

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  8. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  9. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-04-22

    Coauthors revised.

  11. 2025-05-14

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

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  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 7. Page 1773.)

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  15. 2025-05-29

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

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  16. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD.

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  17. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  18. 2025-06-30

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

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  19. 2025-07-01

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  20. 2025-07-01

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2025-07-14

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  22. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  23. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  24. 2025-09-09

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Gonzalez.

Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 03/04/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-04Compare
  • 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-01Compare
  • 06/30/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-30Compare
  • AB33Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-21 · pass · 12-2

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Jackson: other
    • Papan: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Dixon: other

  • AB 33 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-29 · pass · 57-7

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

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 10-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Blakespear: other
    • Valladares: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-14 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

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