---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers: false evidence."
description: "Peace officers: false evidence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1993"
citation: "California AB 1993 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers: false evidence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ea6ab75-ba78-4143-8962-7ef172f85c7e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993"
source_hash: "0ad2c6b41236960e091d58bfd7cab09a2426fecdbd2cfb93d859ee7555b99af1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1993 (19992000) — Peace officers: false evidence.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993&version=19990AB199399INT)
2. **04/06/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993&version=19990AB199398AMD)
3. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993&version=19990AB199397AMD)
4. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993&version=19990AB199396AMD)
5. **06/26/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993&version=19990AB199395AMD)
6. **09/26/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993&version=19990AB199393CHP)
7. **AB1993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993)
8. **08/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1993&version=19990AB199394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1993 Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1993 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Villaraigosa — author (person)
- Washington — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 620, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8087.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6920.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ea6ab75-ba78-4143-8962-7ef172f85c7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).