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Bill	Driver records: points: distracted driving.	Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving. Existing law also prohibits a person from driving while holding and operating a handheld wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device unless the telephone or device is specifically designed and configured to allow voice-operated and hands-free operation, and is used in that manner while driving. A person who is 18 years of age or younger is prohibited from driving while using a wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device, even if equipped with a hands-free device.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 47	California AB 47 (20192020)	bill	Driver records: points: distracted driving.	enacted	Daly	8	27	7	2018-12-03	2019-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/dade98e4-00ea-46d3-843b-1c888a2ef146	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB47	157200faa992c7c10466d04907e0ac09102ee72cc87964523c6d9a798928e34a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 47 (20192020) — Driver records: points: distracted driving.

Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving. Existing law also prohibits a person from driving while holding and operating a handheld wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device unless the telephone or device is specifically designed and configured to allow voice-operated and hands-free operation, and is used in that manner while driving. A person who is 18 years of age or younger is prohibited from driving while using a wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device, even if equipped with a hands-free device.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/23/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/26/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/20/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB47 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB47 Daly By Skinner — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 47 Daly Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 47 Daly Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daly — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2019-01-17 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-01-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-01-24 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Measure version as amended on January 23 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2019-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1916.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-06-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2281.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2943.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-09 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 603, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dade98e4-00ea-46d3-843b-1c888a2ef146. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).