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SJR 16 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Vehicles: commercial driver's license revocation.

Summary
This measure would urge the Congress of the United States and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to review federal commercial driver's license disqualification policies and consider reforms that allow greater flexibility for states and appropriate relief for drivers whose livelihoods are affected.
Issues: ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill seeks to reform CDL disqualification policies to provide relief for drivers whose livelihoods are affected, protecting workers' economic stability.75% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill seeks to reform CDL revocation policies to provide relief to drivers, enhancing workforce flexibility and supporting the transportation sector.85% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2026
Committee Review
Aug 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Assembly Passage
Aug 2026
Signed into Law
Aug 2026
Introduced May 7, 2026 Signed Aug 24, 2026
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What changed between versions

08/24/26 - Chaptered → SJR16 · 1 edit
MINOR
No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions. The difference is entirely in presentation format: the first version is the official chaptered document with traditional legislative formatting (headers, page numbers, authentication language), while the second is a web-based rendering from the California legislature website that includes navigation menus, search tools, and UI elements. The actual resolution text, all WHEREAS clauses, both Resolved clauses, and the legislative counsel's digest are identical.
TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from an official chaptered legislative document (with STATE OF CALIFORNIA / AUTHENTICATED / ELECTRONIC LEGITAL MATERIAL headers and page numbers) to a web-based rendering that includes site navigation, search panels, bill tracking links, and other interface elements. No policy language was changed.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 29, 2026 · Assembly Aug 19, 2026

How they voted

29–5
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 40
Jun 29, 2026
D Democratic30
29 Yea 1
96% Yea
R Republican10
5 Nay 5
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Aug 19, 2026
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (58-12-8)
assembly
Aug 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Aug 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read. Adopted. Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Aug 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 10).
lower
Aug 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
lower
Jun 29, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (29-5-6)
senate
Jun 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 5082.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Jun 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 4650.) (June 9).
upper
May 20, 2026
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
upper
May 7, 2026
Introduced
Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Anna Caballero
Anna Caballero
DDemocratic
CA
14
Co
Photo of Dave Cortese
Dave Cortese
DDemocratic
CA
15
Co
JA
Jesse Arreguín
DDemocratic
CA
7