---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: electronic wireless communications: prohibitions."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1536"
citation: "California AB 1536 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: electronic wireless communications: prohibitions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-01-24"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34c2cccd-d452-4c4d-b3fc-d1dd84a08e25"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536"
source_hash: "27ead0b4c32c5266c3376fa12ef3da7b84c5b263a830b601ec7dd09bc41e86db"
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 1536 (20112012) — Vehicles: electronic wireless communications: prohibitions.

Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536&version=20110AB153699INT)
2. **05/03/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536&version=20110AB153698AMD)
3. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536&version=20110AB153696CHP)
4. **AB1536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536)
5. **07/02/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536&version=20110AB153697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1536 Miller By DeSaulnier — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1536 MILLER Assembly Third Reading — **69–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4662.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 4704.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4180.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 92, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34c2cccd-d452-4c4d-b3fc-d1dd84a08e25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).