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Bill Vehicles: electronic wireless communications devices. Existing law makes it a crime to drive a motor vehicle while holding and operating a handheld wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device, as specified. Existing law defines an electronic wireless communications device as including, but not limited to, a broadband personal communication device, a specialized mobile radio device, a handheld device or laptop computer with mobile data access, a pager, or a two-way messaging device. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 1222 California AB 1222 (20172018)
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California AB 1222 (20172018) — Vehicles: electronic wireless communications devices.

Existing law makes it a crime to drive a motor vehicle while holding and operating a handheld wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device, as specified. Existing law defines an electronic wireless communications device as including, but not limited to, a broadband personal communication device, a specialized mobile radio device, a handheld device or laptop computer with mobile data access, a pager, or a two-way messaging device.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/17/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/26/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB1222 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 09/05/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 1222 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — 770 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 120 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading AB1222 Quirk By Cannella — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Quirk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
  • 2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1484.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
  • 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2341.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-08-31 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2017-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2017-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 297, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54671f96-9ae5-4f97-9292-18c51b405dd6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).