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Bill	Search warrants: tracking devices.	Existing law prohibits, with exceptions, the use of an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of a person. Under existing law a violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law states that these provisions do not apply to the lawful use of an electronic tracking device by a law enforcement agency. Existing decisional law, in the case of U.S. v. Jones, holds that the attachment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device to a vehicle and the use of the device to track the vehicle is a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2055	California AB 2055 (20112012)	bill	Search warrants: tracking devices.	enacted	Fuentes	8	25	5	2012-02-23	2012-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/225fdbcb-b1d3-4318-b29c-20f578b7634d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2055	03d51dab759f6e6137abcae23b585ebb103ff3122d155dfbe6c0e7351a816eaf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2055 (20112012) — Search warrants: tracking devices.

Existing law prohibits, with exceptions, the use of an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of a person. Under existing law a violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law states that these provisions do not apply to the lawful use of an electronic tracking device by a law enforcement agency. Existing decisional law, in the case of U.S. v. Jones, holds that the attachment of a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device to a vehicle and the use of the device to track the vehicle is a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/07/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/22/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2055 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2055 Fuentes By Padilla — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2055 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2055 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fuentes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2012-03-29 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4674.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-15 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2012-08-20 From consent calendar.
• 2012-08-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2012-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4886.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
• 2012-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6545.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 818, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/225fdbcb-b1d3-4318-b29c-20f578b7634d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).