Jerry Hill
- Democratic
Author
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 notify the Legislature if it receives an application from a manufacturer seeking approval to operate an autonomous vehicle capable of operating without the presence of a driver inside the vehicle. Existing law prohibits such an application from becoming effective any sooner than 180 days after that application is submitted. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations no later than January 1, 2015, setting forth requirements for submitting evidence of insurance, surety bond, or self-insurance, and for submitting and approving an application to operate an autonomous vehicle. Existing law requires the department to approve an application submitted by a manufacturer if it finds, among other information, that the applicant has completing testing necessary to satisfy the department that the autonomous vehicles are safe to operate on the public roads. Existing law prohibits the limitation or expansion of existing authority to operate autonomous vehicles on public roads, until 120 days after the department adopts those regulations. This bill would repeal the requirement that the department notify the Legislature of receipt of an application seeking approval to operate an autonomous vehicle capable of operating without the presence of a driver inside the vehicle. The bill would also repeal the requirement that the approval of such an application not be effective any sooner that 180 days after the date the application is submitted. The bill would require the department to provide public notice when it adopts the autonomous vehicle regulations, would repeal the 120 day prohibition against limiting or expanding the authority to operate autonomous vehicles, and instead would prohibit the department from approving an application submitted pursuant to the regulations until 30 days after public notice of the adopted regulations is provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 725, Statutes of 2017.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3009.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 3493.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Withdrawn from committee.
Ordered to second reading.
Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3254.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 23).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 959.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
Set for hearing May 1.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 750.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 18.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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| SB145 | HTML |
| 01/17/17 - Introduced | |
| 09/07/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/12/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/20/17 - Enrolled | |
| 10/12/17 - Chaptered |
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