---
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: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 994"
citation: "California AB 994 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement", "social media"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6773fce3-1775-4da4-b6e6-ffa776fc09fc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994"
source_hash: "d3536ab43b1136f146a89b1d9d1d2451fbe801d9c0f5a59c13598410b087aaa4"
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 994 (20232024) — 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. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994&version=20230AB99499INT)
2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994&version=20230AB99498AMD)
3. **05/02/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994&version=20230AB99497AMD)
4. **08/16/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994&version=20230AB99496AMD)
5. **09/23/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994&version=20230AB99494CHP)
6. **AB994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994)
7. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994&version=20230AB99495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 994 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–20** (pass) · lower
- AB 994 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB994 Jackson et al. By Wiener — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Ward — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** 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`
- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 17. Page 1739.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2374.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 20. Page 3027.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 224, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6773fce3-1775-4da4-b6e6-ffa776fc09fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).