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AB-1839 • 2026

Privacy: driver’s license information.

Privacy: driver’s license information.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Calderon
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify what specific nonsubstantive changes are being made, only that such changes are being made.

Privacy Protection for Driver's License Information

AB-1839 makes minor, non-substantial changes to existing laws about how businesses and organ procurement organizations can use driver’s license information.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes small changes to the rules allowing businesses to scan or swipe a driver’s license for specific reasons like verification.
  • Keeps the rules allowing organ donation groups to scan licenses to confirm if someone is registered as an organ donor.
  • Prohibits these groups from using or keeping this information for any other reason than what's allowed.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Businesses that need to verify customer identities.
  • Organ procurement organizations.
  • People who use driver’s licenses and identification cards.

Terms To Know

Nonsubstantive changes
Changes made to improve the clarity or format of a law without changing its main meaning.
Organ procurement organization
A group that collects organs from donors for medical transplants.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is unclear what specific changes are being made to the existing laws.
  • This bill has passed both chambers of the legislature but its final status, including any executive action, is unknown.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.

  2. 2026-02-11 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1839, as introduced, Calderon.
Privacy: driver’s license information.
Existing law authorizes a business to scan or swipe a driver’s license or identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles in any electronic device for prescribed verification and informational purposes. Existing law authorizes an organ procurement organization, as defined, to scan or swipe a driver’s license or identification card to transmit information for the purpose of allowing an individual to identify themselves as a registered organ donor, subject to a specified procedure. Existing law prohibits a business or organ procurement organization from retaining or using that information for any other purpose. A violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Current Bill Text

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