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type: "Bill"
title: "Depiction of individual using digital or electronic technology: sexually explicit material: cause of action."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 602"
citation: "California AB 602 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Depiction of individual using digital or electronic technology: sexually explicit material: cause of action."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0537e82-6a08-499e-9fd0-9179f7c1062c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602"
source_hash: "142798629da0e57a1c5a0b9dfbc7c76e37b3cc5ce15728c97a5d182fe29601be"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602&version=20190AB60299INT)
2. **03/28/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602&version=20190AB60298AMD)
3. **05/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602&version=20190AB60297AMD)
4. **06/28/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602&version=20190AB60296AMD)
5. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602&version=20190AB60295AMD)
6. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602&version=20190AB60294AMD)
7. **10/03/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602&version=20190AB60292CHP)
8. **AB602** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602)
9. **09/20/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602&version=20190AB60293ENR)
## Votes
- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **120** (pass) · lower
- AB 602 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · upper
- AB 602 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **760** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB602 Berman et al. By Leyva — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0537e82-6a08-499e-9fd0-9179f7c1062c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).