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type: "Bill"
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title: "Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance."
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description: "Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish policies and procedures to address issues related to the downloading and storage of data recorded by a body-worn camera worn by a peace officer, and requires that those policies and procedures be based on best practices. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider certain best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 1215"
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citation: "California AB 1215 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-02-21"
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last_action: "2019-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3424d9a9-d2c4-4d8d-961c-7ac2ddab23a0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215"
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source_hash: "3a5e3f8981b930c919d29a44fe178b32441131b4eb3bb055e25a8209826aed24"
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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 1215 (20192020) — Law enforcement: facial recognition and other biometric surveillance.
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Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish policies and procedures to address issues related to the downloading and storage of data recorded by a body-worn camera worn by a peace officer, and requires that those policies and procedures be based on best practices. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider certain best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system, 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. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215&version=20190AB121599INT)
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2. **04/08/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215&version=20190AB121598AMD)
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3. **04/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215&version=20190AB121597AMD)
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4. **08/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215&version=20190AB121596AMD)
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5. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215&version=20190AB121595AMD)
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6. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215&version=20190AB121593CHP)
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7. **AB1215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215)
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8. **09/18/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1215&version=20190AB121594ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1215 Ting By Bradford — **22–15** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1215 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **47–21** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1215 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **45–17** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ting — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2019-04-08** 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`
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- **2019-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-04-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 17. Page 1576.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-08-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2808.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2019-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 21. Page 3511.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 579, Statutes of 2019.
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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/3424d9a9-d2c4-4d8d-961c-7ac2ddab23a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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