Bill Text: CA AB47 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled
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Bill Title: Driver records: points: distracted driving.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 603, Statutes of 2019. [AB47 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB47-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: Driver records: points: distracted driving.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 603, Statutes of 2019. [AB47 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB47-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
September 04, 2019 |
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Passed
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Senate
August 26, 2019 |
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Passed
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Assembly
September 03, 2019 |
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Amended
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Senate
August 20, 2019 |
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Amended
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June 26, 2019 |
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Amended
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May 16, 2019 |
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Amended
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Assembly
January 23, 2019 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 47
| Introduced by Assembly Member Daly |
December 03, 2018 |
An act to amend Section 12810.3 of the Vehicle Code, relating to driver’s licenses.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 47, Daly.
Driver records: points: distracted driving.
Existing law prohibits a person from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving. Existing law also prohibits a person from driving while holding and operating a handheld wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device unless the telephone or device is specifically designed and configured to allow voice-operated and hands-free operation, and is used in that manner while driving. A person who is 18 years of age or younger is prohibited from driving while using a wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device, even if equipped with a hands-free device.
Existing law establishes that specified convictions and violations under the
Vehicle Code and traffic-related incidents count as points against a driver’s record for purposes of suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive and that certain other violations do not result in a violation point. Existing law also generally provides that traffic convictions involving the safe operation of a motor vehicle result in a violation point. Existing law provides an exemption for the electronic device violations described above from being counted as points against a driver’s record for purposes of suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive.
This bill would instead make only those electronic device violations that occur within 36 months, beginning July 1, 2021, of a prior conviction for the same offense subject to a violation
point against the driver’s record.
