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type: "Bill"
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title: "Doxing Victims Recourse Act."
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description: "Existing law makes it a crime for a person who, with the intent to place another person in reasonable fear for that other person's safety, or the safety of the other person's immediate family, by means of an electronic communication device, and without consent of the other person, and for the purpose of imminently causing that other person unwanted contact, injury, or harassment by a third party, distributes personal identifying information that would be likely to incite or produce that unlawful action. Existing law makes this a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in a county jail or by a fine of not more than $1,000."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1979"
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citation: "California AB 1979 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Doxing Victims Recourse Act"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-30"
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last_action: "2024-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/643307e0-1a93-4952-b913-5d0d9bf56ad2"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1979"
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source_hash: "524fbf9f84675eb41d3143b21f5e0d6f391376cd5bd42c0f0774e74e427c54a2"
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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 1979 (20232024) — Doxing Victims Recourse Act.
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Existing law makes it a crime for a person who, with the intent to place another person in reasonable fear for that other person's safety, or the safety of the other person's immediate family, by means of an electronic communication device, and without consent of the other person, and for the purpose of imminently causing that other person unwanted contact, injury, or harassment by a third party, distributes personal identifying information that would be likely to incite or produce that unlawful action. Existing law makes this a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in a county jail or by a fine of not more than $1,000.
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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. **01/30/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1979&version=20230AB197999INT)
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2. **03/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1979&version=20230AB197998AMD)
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3. **04/03/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1979&version=20230AB197997AMD)
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4. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1979&version=20230AB197996AMD)
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5. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1979&version=20230AB197994CHP)
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6. **AB1979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1979)
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7. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1979&version=20230AB197995ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB1979 Ward et al. By Wiener — **32–5** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1979 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **61–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ward — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — author (person)
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- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
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- Friedman — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
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- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
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- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 1. Page 5560.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-01** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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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/643307e0-1a93-4952-b913-5d0d9bf56ad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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