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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Law enforcement: social media."
+description: "Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider specified best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data, including prohibiting agency personnel from uploading recorded data onto public and social media internet websites, when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20212022"
+identifier: "AB 1475"
+citation: "California AB 1475 (20212022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Law enforcement: social media."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-02-19"
+last_action: "2021-07-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1feb2035-0989-475d-845c-c59f4074c99c"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1475"
+source_hash: "aa110620ead6418fae211a19252d42589ca910912c0beb0d0c26f44d00e5f525"
+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 1475 (20212022) — Law enforcement: social media.
+
+Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider specified best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data, including prohibiting agency personnel from uploading recorded data onto public and social media internet websites, when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1475&version=20210AB147599INT)
+2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1475&version=20210AB147598AMD)
+3. **04/29/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1475&version=20210AB147597AMD)
+4. **06/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1475&version=20210AB147596AMD)
+5. **07/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1475&version=20210AB147594CHP)
+6. **AB1475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1475)
+7. **07/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1475&version=20210AB147595ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 1475 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1475 Low Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1475 Low By Kamlager — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Low — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1250.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1329.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2021-05-19** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 1718.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2021-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1867.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2021-07-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2021-07-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2306.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2021-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 126, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1feb2035-0989-475d-845c-c59f4074c99c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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