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Bill	Law enforcement: social media.	Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider specified best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data, including prohibiting agency personnel from uploading recorded data onto public and social media internet websites, when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 994	California AB 994 (20232024)	bill	Law enforcement social media	enacted	Jackson	7	27	8	2023-02-15	2023-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/6773fce3-1775-4da4-b6e6-ffa776fc09fc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB994	d3536ab43b1136f146a89b1d9d1d2451fbe801d9c0f5a59c13598410b087aaa4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 994 (20232024) — Law enforcement: social media.

Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider specified best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data, including prohibiting agency personnel from uploading recorded data onto public and social media internet websites, when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/02/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/16/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/23/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB994 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 994 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–20 (pass) · lower
• AB 994 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — 48–17 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB994 Jackson et al. By Wiener — 26–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 25). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-05-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 17. Page 1739.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2374.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 20. Page 3027.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 224, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6773fce3-1775-4da4-b6e6-ffa776fc09fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).