Ben Allen
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 24
Author
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation. Under existing law, the agency is under the supervision of an executive officer known as the Secretary of Transportation, who is required to develop and report to the Governor on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, and coordinated planning and policy formulation in the matters of public interest related to the agency. This bill would require the secretary to establish an advisory committee, the California Council on the Future of Transportation, to provide the Governor and the Legislature with recommendations for changes in state policy to ensure that as autonomous vehicles are deployed, they enhance the state's efforts to increase road and transit safety, promote equity, and meet public health and environmental objectives. The bill would require the council to be chaired by the secretary and consist of 23 additional members, selected by the chair or designated, as specified. The bill would require the council to gather and consider public comment on issues and concerns related to autonomous vehicles and to submit, no later than January 1, 2024, a report to the Legislature with, among other things, recommendations for statewide policy changes and updates, and to continue to update the report, or submit a new report, of its recommendations biennially thereafter, or more frequently at the secretary's discretion. The bill would require the council to create subcommittees focused on specific topics and to form one subcommittee led by the Office of Planning and Research focused on furthering the state's environmental, public health, and energy objectives, as specified. The bill would require this subcommittee to submit policy recommendations to the council and the Legislature by January 1, 2024, and to make those recommendations publicly available. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2035.
August 26 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1341.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1181.) (May 20).
Set for hearing May 20.
May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 10.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 941.) (April 27).
Set for hearing April 27.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB66 | HTML |
| 12/07/20 - Introduced | |
| 04/14/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/28/21 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/22/21- Senate Transportation | |
| 05/07/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/22/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/18/21- Assembly Transportation | |
| 07/06/21- Assembly Communications and Conveyance | |
| 08/16/21- Assembly Appropriations |
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