---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public transit: electronic transit fare collection systems: disclosure of personal information."
description: "Existing law prohibits a transportation agency from selling or providing personally identifiable information, as defined, of a person obtained through the person's participation in an electronic toll collection system or use of a toll facility that uses an electronic toll collection system. Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires a transportation agency to discard personally identifiable information within 412 years, as specified. Existing law provides various remedies in that regard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 179"
citation: "California AB 179 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public transit: electronic transit fare collection systems: disclosure of personal information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bocanegra"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-24"
last_action: "2013-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43bda47f-de81-43f8-acea-95985c50973a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB179"
source_hash: "f45b0c71ce88016c2400520b82b3513bf27d060b5abc72507a01f48a230117db"
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 179 (20132014) — Public transit: electronic transit fare collection systems: disclosure of personal information.

Existing law prohibits a transportation agency from selling or providing personally identifiable information, as defined, of a person obtained through the person's participation in an electronic toll collection system or use of a toll facility that uses an electronic toll collection system. Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires a transportation agency to discard personally identifiable information within 412 years, as specified. Existing law provides various remedies in that regard.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB179&version=20130AB17999INT)
2. **04/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB179&version=20130AB17998AMD)
3. **06/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB179&version=20130AB17997AMD)
4. **09/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB179&version=20130AB17996AMD)
5. **09/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB179&version=20130AB17994CHP)
6. **AB179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB179)
7. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB179&version=20130AB17995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 179 BOCANEGRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB179 Bocanegra By DeSaulnier — **33–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 179 BOCANEGRA Assembly Third Reading — **70–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bocanegra — primary (person)
- Levine — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2013-01-31** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-15** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** (Ayes 50. Noes 18. Page 1104.)
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 1590.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-19** 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-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 2260.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3089.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 375, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43bda47f-de81-43f8-acea-95985c50973a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).