Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish policies and procedures to address issues related to the downloading and storage of data recorded by a body-worn camera worn by a peace officer, and requires that those policies and procedures be based on best practices. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider certain best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system, as specified.
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California Legislature
20192020
AB 1215
California AB 1215 (20192020)
bill
Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance.
California AB 1215 (20192020) — Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish policies and procedures to address issues related to the downloading and storage of data recorded by a body-worn camera worn by a peace officer, and requires that those policies and procedures be based on best practices. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider certain best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1215 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 47–21 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
AB 1215 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 45–17 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ting — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2019-03-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-04-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2019-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 17. Page 1576.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2019-06-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2808.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2019-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 21. Page 3511.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3424d9a9-d2c4-4d8d-961c-7ac2ddab23a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).