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CA SB 480

enacted

Autonomous vehicles.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 480 pass?

Yes. CA SB 480 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 415, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 480 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. 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. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, authorize an autonomous vehicle to be equipped with automated driving system (ADS) marker lamps in accordance with specified standards. For purposes of this provision, the bill would define an "ADS marker lamp" as a device that emits a light to indicate when an ADS is engaged in the operation of the vehicle. The bill would also make conforming changes.

Who sponsors CA SB 480?

Archuleta is the primary sponsor of CA SB 480.

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. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2026, authorize an autonomous vehicle to be equipped with automated driving system (ADS) marker lamps in accordance with specified standards. For purposes of this provision, the bill would define an "ADS marker lamp" as a device that emits a light to indicate when an ADS is engaged in the operation of the vehicle. The bill would also make conforming changes.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 415, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Archuletaauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 415, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-03

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2443.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-08-28

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-08-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  8. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).

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  9. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.

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  11. 2025-06-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  12. 2025-06-05

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

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  13. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  14. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1236.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  15. 2025-04-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2025-04-07

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  17. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 7.

  18. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 534.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing March 25.

  20. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  21. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  22. 2025-02-19

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 06/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-26Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • SB480Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-25 · pass · 14-0

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

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-27 · pass · 39-0

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

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

    2025-07-07 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Caloza: yes

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 9-0

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

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0

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

  • SB 480 Archuleta Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-08-28 · pass · 74-0

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

  • Unfinished Business SB480 Archuleta Concurrence

    2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0

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

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