republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-2655.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Invasion of privacy: first responders."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits a reproduction of any kind of photograph of the body, or any portion of the body, of a deceased person, taken by or for the coroner at the scene of death or in the course of a post mortem examination or autopsy, from being made or disseminated. Existing law generally makes a person who views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a camera or mobile phone, the interior of any area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside, guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 2655"
citation: "California AB 2655 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Invasion of privacy: first responders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c56398ff-afcc-4783-85a4-f03517a31788"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655"
source_hash: "a213627db919d1daf010c81443a2d5eb5f3eb195987c70f4dd4fa7ca3f7070f8"
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 2655 (20192020) — Invasion of privacy: first responders.

Existing law generally prohibits a reproduction of any kind of photograph of the body, or any portion of the body, of a deceased person, taken by or for the coroner at the scene of death or in the course of a post mortem examination or autopsy, from being made or disseminated. Existing law generally makes a person who views, by means of any instrumentality, including, but not limited to, a camera or mobile phone, the interior of any area in which the occupant has a reasonable expectation of privacy, with the intent to invade the privacy of a person or persons inside, guilty of a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265599INT)
2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265598AMD)
3. **06/15/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265597AMD)
4. **09/28/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265595CHP)
5. **AB2655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655)
6. **09/01/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2655&version=20190AB265596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2655 Gipson Concurrence Vote: Final Form — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2655 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2655 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2020-04-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04** 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`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4882.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4919.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4382.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly.
- **2020-08-28** Vote on concurrence in final form pending.
- **2020-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5332.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c56398ff-afcc-4783-85a4-f03517a31788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).