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CA AB 394

enacted

Public transportation providers.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 394 pass?

Yes. CA AB 394 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 394 about?

Existing law defines a battery as any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another. Existing law provides that when a battery is committed against the person of an operator, driver, or passenger on a bus, taxicab, streetcar, cable car, trackless trolley, or other motor vehicle, as specified, and the person who commits the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is engaged in the performance of their duties, the penalty is imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both the fine and imprisonment. Existing law also provides that if the victim is injured, the offense would be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison for 16 months, 2, or 3 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would expand this crime to apply to an employee, public transportation provider, or contractor of a public transportation provider. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes any employer or collective bargaining representative whose employee has suffered harassment, unlawful violence, or a credible threat of violence from any individual, which can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the workplace, to seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction on behalf of the employee and other employees of the employer. This bill would clarify that "unlawful violence" includes battery committed against the person of an operator, driver, or passenger on a bus, taxicab, streetcar, cable car, trackless trolley, or other motor vehicle, as specified, or against an employee, public transportation provider, or contractor of a public transportation provider. The bill would also clarify that the definition of "employer" for the above-described provision includes a joint powers authority or a public transit operator. 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.

Who sponsors CA AB 394?

Wilson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 394, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law defines a battery as any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another. Existing law provides that when a battery is committed against the person of an operator, driver, or passenger on a bus, taxicab, streetcar, cable car, trackless trolley, or other motor vehicle, as specified, and the person who commits the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is engaged in the performance of their duties, the penalty is imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both the fine and imprisonment. Existing law also provides that if the victim is injured, the offense would be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in the state prison for 16 months, 2, or 3 years, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would expand this crime to apply to an employee, public transportation provider, or contractor of a public transportation provider. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes any employer or collective bargaining representative whose employee has suffered harassment, unlawful violence, or a credible threat of violence from any individual, which can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the workplace, to seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction on behalf of the employee and other employees of the employer. This bill would clarify that "unlawful violence" includes battery committed against the person of an operator, driver, or passenger on a bus, taxicab, streetcar, cable car, trackless trolley, or other motor vehicle, as specified, or against an employee, public transportation provider, or contractor of a public transportation provider. The bill would also clarify that the definition of "employer" for the above-described provision includes a joint powers authority or a public transit operator. 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.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wilsonauthor
  • Gipsoncoauthor
  • Mark Gonzálezcoauthor
  • Lackeycoauthor
  • Pachecocoauthor
  • Rogerscoauthor
  • Soriacoauthor
  • Niellocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-04

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-11

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

  5. 2025-03-19

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

  6. 2025-03-24

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

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  7. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  8. 2025-03-27

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

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  9. 2025-03-28

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  10. 2025-04-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  11. 2025-04-10

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

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  12. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  13. 2025-04-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  14. 2025-04-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  15. 2025-04-24

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-04-30

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

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  17. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  18. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1824.)

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  20. 2025-06-03

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

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  21. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.

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  22. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  23. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 15).

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  24. 2025-07-17

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

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  25. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  26. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  27. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  28. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2885.).

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  29. 2025-09-12

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3423.).

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  30. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  31. 2025-09-24

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

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  32. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  33. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/03/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-03Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-27Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-23Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • AB394Compare
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Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-01 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Schultz: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ramos: yes

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

    2025-04-22 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bryan: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 394 Wilson Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 76-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Elhawary: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Bryan: other

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

    2025-07-01 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Wiener: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Do pass

    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 AB394 Wilson et al. By Ashby

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

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

  • AB 394 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-13 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Bryan: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Elhawary: other

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