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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California SB 1279

Speed safety systems.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

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.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 25, 2026
Senate		Unfinished Business SB1279 Gonzalez et al. ConcurrencepassSet your home in California to see
Aug 24, 2026
House		SB 1279 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By LowenthalpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 13, 2026
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see
Jul 1, 2026
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
Jun 22, 2026
House		Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]passSet your home in California to see
May 19, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading SB1279 Gonzalez et al.passSet your home in California to see
May 14, 2026
Senate		Do passpassSet your home in California to see
Apr 27, 2026
Senate		Placed on suspense filepassSet your home in California to see
Apr 13, 2026
Senate		Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]passSet your home in California to see
Apr 7, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]passSet your home in California to see

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