CA AB394

Expands battery penalties to cover attacks on public transportation providers, their employees, and contractors, not just operators, drivers, and passengers on transit vehicles

Establishes penalties of up to $10,000 fine and/or one year in county jail for battery against covered transit workers; if injury occurs, punishment increases to up to 3 years in state prison

Clarifies that employers seeking workplace restraining orders on behalf of employees includes joint powers authorities and public transit operators, whether operated directly or through contracts

Defines "unlawful violence" for workplace restraining order purposes to explicitly include battery committed against transit workers under Penal Code Section 243.3

Approved by the Governor on October 1, 2025, with no state reimbursement required to local agencies since the act modifies the definition and scope of an existing crime