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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: electronic wireless communications: prohibitions."
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description: "Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication, except as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 1536"
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citation: "California AB 1536 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles: electronic wireless communications: prohibitions."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Miller"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2012-01-24"
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last_action: "2012-07-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34c2cccd-d452-4c4d-b3fc-d1dd84a08e25"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536"
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source_hash: "27ead0b4c32c5266c3376fa12ef3da7b84c5b263a830b601ec7dd09bc41e86db"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1536 (20112012) — Vehicles: electronic wireless communications: prohibitions.
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Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication, except as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536&version=20110AB153699INT)
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2. **05/03/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536&version=20110AB153698AMD)
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3. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536&version=20110AB153696CHP)
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4. **AB1536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536)
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5. **07/02/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1536&version=20110AB153697ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1536 Miller By DeSaulnier — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1536 MILLER Assembly Third Reading — **69–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Miller — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2012-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
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- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-03-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2012-04-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-05-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4662.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 4704.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4180.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
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- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 92, Statutes of 2012.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34c2cccd-d452-4c4d-b3fc-d1dd84a08e25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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