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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Invasion of privacy: first responders."
+description: "Existing law generally prohibits a reproduction of any kind of photograph of the body, or any portion of the body, of a deceased person, taken by or for the coroner at the scene of death or in the course of a post mortem examination or autopsy, from being made or disseminated. Existing law generally makes a person who views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a camera or mobile phone, the interior of any area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside, guilty of a misdemeanor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20192020"
+identifier: "AB 2655"
+citation: "California AB 2655 (20192020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Invasion of privacy: first responders."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2020-02-20"
+last_action: "2020-09-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c56398ff-afcc-4783-85a4-f03517a31788"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655"
+source_hash: "a213627db919d1daf010c81443a2d5eb5f3eb195987c70f4dd4fa7ca3f7070f8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 2655 (20192020) — Invasion of privacy: first responders.
+
+Existing law generally prohibits a reproduction of any kind of photograph of the body, or any portion of the body, of a deceased person, taken by or for the coroner at the scene of death or in the course of a post mortem examination or autopsy, from being made or disseminated. Existing law generally makes a person who views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a camera or mobile phone, the interior of any area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside, guilty of a misdemeanor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/20/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265599INT)
+2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265598AMD)
+3. **06/15/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265597AMD)
+4. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265595CHP)
+5. **AB2655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655)
+6. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265596ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2655 Gipson Concurrence Vote: Final Form — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Special Consent AB2655 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2655 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gipson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2020-04-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
+- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-05-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2020-06-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4882.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2020-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4919.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2020-06-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-08-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2020-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2020-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4382.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2020-08-28** In Assembly.
+- **2020-08-28** Vote on concurrence in final form pending.
+- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5332.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2020.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c56398ff-afcc-4783-85a4-f03517a31788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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