CaliforniaAdvanced driver assistance systems.
What it does
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. For these purposes, existing law defines "autonomous vehicle."
More detail
This bill would require the manufacturer of an advanced driver assistance system, or an automobile equipped with an advanced driver assistance system, to ensure a driver is able to disable or disengage either an advanced driver assistance system or autonomous technology as a condition of operating the vehicle under a condition in which manual operation was previously available. The bill would define "advanced driver assistance system" for these purposes. The bill would authorize the Attorney General, a district attorney, or a city attorney to bring a civil action to enforce those prohibitions and would authorize a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 per violation, as specified. The bill would specify that a violation of those prohibitions is not an unlawful business practice. The bill would also make technical and conforming changes.
Existing law requires the department, upon application for an original driver's license, to require an examination of the applicant. Existing law requires the examination to test, among other things, the applicant's knowledge and understanding of the provisions of the Vehicle Code governing the operation of vehicles upon the highways, an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in operating a motor vehicle by driving it under the supervision of an examining officer, and a test of the applicant's hearing and eyesight, as specified.
This bill would require the department, at the next regularly scheduled revision of the driver's license examination or demonstration of an applicant's ability to drive, to consider adding one or more questions that pertain to levels of advanced driver assistance systems.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 30Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.Latest
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).Minor
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 30
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 24Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Major
- Jun 23From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22).Major
- Jun 22
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 8Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.Minor
- Jun 3From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.Major
- May 26Referred to Coms. on INS. and TRANS.Minor
- May 19In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 18Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4317.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 5Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 4From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3985.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 21
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 13From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.Major
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 21.
- Apr 9From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3794.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.Minor
- Apr 8
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 27Set for hearing April 8.
- Mar 11Referred to Coms. on INS. and TRANS.Minor
- Feb 23Read first time.Minor
- Feb 23From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced