republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-602.md

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Bill	Depiction of individual using digital or electronic technology: sexually explicit material: cause of action.	Existing law creates a private right of action against a person who intentionally distributes a photograph or recorded image of another that exposes the intimate body parts of that person or of a person engaged in a sexual act without the person's consent if specified conditions are met.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 602	California AB 602 (20192020)	bill	Depiction of individual using digital or electronic technology: sexually explicit material: cause of action.	enacted	Berman	9	35	9	2019-02-14	2019-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/a0537e82-6a08-499e-9fd0-9179f7c1062c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602	142798629da0e57a1c5a0b9dfbc7c76e37b3cc5ce15728c97a5d182fe29601be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 602 (20192020) — Depiction of individual using digital or electronic technology: sexually explicit material: cause of action.

Existing law creates a private right of action against a person who intentionally distributes a photograph or recorded image of another that exposes the intimate body parts of that person or of a person engaged in a sexual act without the person's consent if specified conditions are met.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/03/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB602 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/20/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 602 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 602 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB602 Berman et al. By Leyva — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Leyva — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2019-02-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-03-26 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-03-28 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
• 2019-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1581.) 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 Coms. on JUD. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-06-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 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
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2749.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2019-09-11 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2019-09-11 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3439.)
• 2019-09-12 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (September 12). committee-passage
• 2019-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3545.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2019-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 491, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a0537e82-6a08-499e-9fd0-9179f7c1062c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).