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.
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.
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).