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type: "Bill"
title: "Privacy: driver's license information."
description: "Existing law authorizes a business to swipe a driver's license or identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles in any electronic device for prescribed verification and informational purposes. Existing law prohibits a business that swipes a driver's license or identification card in an electronic device from maintaining or using that information for any other purpose. A violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2769"
citation: "California AB 2769 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Privacy: driver's license information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36ba3d76-d36f-4094-8621-5b81afe6f055"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769"
source_hash: "69d5a9ab4cdd0164db96710561d21346fde8c495cd127bca4eb31f1785bcb682"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California AB 2769 (20172018) — Privacy: driver's license information.
Existing law authorizes a business to swipe a driver's license or identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles in any electronic device for prescribed verification and informational purposes. Existing law prohibits a business that swipes a driver's license or identification card in an electronic device from maintaining or using that information for any other purpose. A violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769&version=20170AB276999INT)
2. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769&version=20170AB276998AMD)
3. **04/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769&version=20170AB276997AMD)
4. **06/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769&version=20170AB276996AMD)
5. **06/28/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769&version=20170AB276995AMD)
6. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769&version=20170AB276993CHP)
7. **AB2769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769)
8. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2769&version=20170AB276994ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2769 Cooper et al. By Hueso — **2612** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
- AB 2769 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day — **730** (pass) · lower
- AB 2769 Cooper Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **750** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **91** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cooper — primary (person)
- Grayson — principal coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5216.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 6124.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 548, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36ba3d76-d36f-4094-8621-5b81afe6f055`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).