Vehicles: television broadcast or video signal displays.
Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to drive a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, or a television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating and is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver while he or she is driving the motor vehicle. Under existing law, that provision does not apply to specified equipment, including, among other things, a television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses except as a vehicle information display, global positioning display, mapping display, or a visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle.
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AB 62
California AB 62 (20092010)
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Vehicles: television broadcast or video signal displays.
California AB 62 (20092010) — Vehicles: television broadcast or video signal displays.
Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to drive a motor vehicle if a television receiver, a video monitor, or a television or video screen, or any other similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal that produces entertainment or business applications, is operating and is located in the motor vehicle at any point forward of the back of the driver's seat, or is operating and visible to the driver while he or she is driving the motor vehicle. Under existing law, that provision does not apply to specified equipment, including, among other things, a television receiver, video monitor, television or video screen, or similar means of visually displaying a television broadcast or video signal, if that equipment has an interlock device that, when the motor vehicle is driven, disables the equipment for all uses except as a vehicle information display, global positioning display, mapping display, or a visual display used to enhance or supplement the driver's view forward, behind, or to the sides of a motor vehicle for the purpose of maneuvering the vehicle.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
Special Consent #9 AB62 Portantino — pass (pass) · upper
AB 62 PORTANTINO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Portantino — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2008-12-09 Introduced. To print. introduction
2008-12-10 From printer. May be heard in committee January 9.
2008-12-16 Read first time. reading-1
2009-03-26 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2009-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2009-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2009-04-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-04-22 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2009-04-27 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1108.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2009-05-14 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2009-06-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2009-06-11 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2009-06-16 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
2009-06-22 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1377.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2009-06-22 In Assembly. To enrollment.
2009-06-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2009-07-01 Withdrawn from Governor.
2009-07-01 Ordered returned to enrollment.
2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 73, Statutes of 2009.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/94d12b02-51f6-4469-8368-72eacba7d996. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).