republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2477.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: commercial vehicles: video event recorders."
description: "Existing law prohibits any person, except as specified, from driving any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon the vehicle that obstructs or reduces the driver's clear view through the windshield or side windows. Existing law exempts from this prohibition specified devices, including, among other things, a video event recorder, as defined, if the device conforms to certain mounting requirements, including that when a person is driving for hire as an employee in a vehicle with a video event recorder, the person's employer is required to provide unedited copies of the recordings upon the request of the employee or the employee's representative. Existing law requires the copies to be provided within 5 days of the request. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2477"
citation: "California AB 2477 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: commercial vehicles: video event recorders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f0069c5-9842-4a40-8990-2f42b928cdd6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2477"
source_hash: "8d10bc3975b7b47c96948fc8a9bac75a15a3c8d42c861901aa4c17d6a0c7f571"
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 2477 (20112012) — Vehicles: commercial vehicles: video event recorders.

Existing law prohibits any person, except as specified, from driving any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon the vehicle that obstructs or reduces the driver's clear view through the windshield or side windows. Existing law exempts from this prohibition specified devices, including, among other things, a video event recorder, as defined, if the device conforms to certain mounting requirements, including that when a person is driving for hire as an employee in a vehicle with a video event recorder, the person's employer is required to provide unedited copies of the recordings upon the request of the employee or the employee's representative. Existing law requires the copies to be provided within 5 days of the request. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2477&version=20110AB247799INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2477&version=20110AB247798AMD)
3. **04/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2477&version=20110AB247797AMD)
4. **06/28/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2477&version=20110AB247796AMD)
5. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2477&version=20110AB247794CHP)
6. **AB2477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2477)
7. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2477&version=20110AB247795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2477 Garrick By Wyland — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2477 GARRICK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2477 GARRICK Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrick — primary (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4986.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4481.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6055.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 375, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f0069c5-9842-4a40-8990-2f42b928cdd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).