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California 20252026

SB 1279

Speed safety systems.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Speedsafetysystems
Introduced / first action
2026-02-20 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • City of Long Beach Pacific Coast Highway speed safety system pilot program.
  • City of Long Beach Pacific Coast Highway speed safety systems.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2032, the Cities of Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, and Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco to establish a program for speed enforcement that utilizes speed safety systems if the systems meet specified requirements, including limits on the number of speed safety systems operated by a participating city or city and county at any time based on population. Existing law requires the speed safety system, to the extent feasible, to be angled and focused so as to only capture photographs of speeding violations and prohibits the speed safety system from capturing identifying images of other drivers, vehicles, or pedestrians. Existing law prohibits speed safety systems in a participating city or city and county from being operated on any California state route, including all freeways and expressways, United States highways, interstate highways, or any public road in unincorporated areas of any county where the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol has full responsibility and primary jurisdiction for the administration and enforcement of the laws, and for the investigation of traffic accidents. This bill would require speed safety systems to blur any images that are unavoidably captured of other drivers, vehicles, or pedestrians who are not the subject of a notice of violation, and would require speed safety systems to blur these images, only to the extent feasible, for cameras that were installed before January 1, 2027. The bill would authorize, until January 1, 2032, the City of Long Beach to have 2 additional speed safety systems on the Pacific Coast Highway. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Long Beach.

Sponsors

  • Gonzalez (primary), author
  • Lowenthal, coauthor

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 689, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. Approved by the Governor.

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  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.

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  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 6.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 7. Page 6415.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (August 13).

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  9. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  10. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  14. June 23 hearing postponed by committee.

  15. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 22).

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  16. Assembly Rule 56 suspended.

  17. Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P. & C.P.

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  18. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  19. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 4348.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  20. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4271.) (May 14).

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  22. Set for hearing May 14.

  23. April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  24. Set for hearing April 27.

  25. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  26. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3843.) (April 13).

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  27. Set for hearing April 13.

  28. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 3761.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.

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  29. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  30. Set for hearing April 7.

  31. Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P., D.T., & C.P.

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  32. Read first time.

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  33. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  34. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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