---
type: "Bill"
title: "Stalking: surveillance."
description: "Under existing law, a defendant who commits an assault against a plaintiff with the intent to capture any type of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of the plaintiff is liable for up to 3 times the amount of any general and special damages that are proximately caused by this act, as well as punitive damages and a civil fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $50,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2479"
citation: "California AB 2479 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Stalking: surveillance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75770276-40db-43be-a5c5-8de043733fa8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479"
source_hash: "f1583008f5ef2cfca53eb9b7b61c7abe0657d65c382523fc70bcd537fc849430"
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 2479 (20092010) — Stalking: surveillance.

Under existing law, a defendant who commits an assault against a plaintiff with the intent to capture any type of visual image, sound recording, or other physical impression of the plaintiff is liable for up to 3 times the amount of any general and special damages that are proximately caused by this act, as well as punitive damages and a civil fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than $50,000.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479&version=20090AB247999INT)
2. **04/28/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479&version=20090AB247998AMD)
3. **05/11/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479&version=20090AB247997AMD)
4. **06/01/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479&version=20090AB247996AMD)
5. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479&version=20090AB247995AMD)
6. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479&version=20090AB247993CHP)
7. **AB2479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479)
8. **09/13/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479&version=20090AB247994ENR)

## Votes

- From Committee: Amendments returned to Senate floor for consideration. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2479 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2479 Bass By Price — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2479 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-01** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 5388.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 16. Page 5560.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-23** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-24** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 4979.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6850.)
- **2010-08-30** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 6916.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 685, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75770276-40db-43be-a5c5-8de043733fa8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).