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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2479	California AB 2479 (20092010)	bill	Stalking: surveillance.	enacted	Bass	8	31	7	2010-02-19	2010-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/75770276-40db-43be-a5c5-8de043733fa8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2479	f1583008f5ef2cfca53eb9b7b61c7abe0657d65c382523fc70bcd537fc849430	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 04/28/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/11/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/01/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/20/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2479 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/75770276-40db-43be-a5c5-8de043733fa8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).