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TRAINING BULLETIN
ISSUE:22-52 DATE: December 16, 2022
Assembly Bill 2147
The purpose of this training bulletin is to provide an update as to the authority of peace officers to
conduct enforcement stops for “jaywalking” violations.
AB 2147 - Beginning January 1, 2023, a peace officer, as defined, will be prohibited from stopping
a pedestrian for specified traffic infractions unless a reasonably careful person would realize there
is an immediate danger of collision with a moving vehicle or other device moving exclusively by
human power.
The bill will require the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, in consultation with the
Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, to submit a report to the
Legislature on or before January 1, 2028, regarding statewide pedestrian-related traffic crash data
and any associated impacts to traffic safety, including