---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence: admissibility."
description: "Evidence: admissibility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2804"
citation: "California AB 2804 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidence: admissibility."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-28"
last_action: "2000-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b168eef4-37ab-4cef-9a6f-768563689fee"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2804"
source_hash: "70c6c987a6a964774899026570a631b03e022947794851faea3e98e669818c7a"
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 2804 (19992000) — Evidence: admissibility.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2804&version=19990AB280499INT)
2. **03/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2804&version=19990AB280498AMD)
3. **05/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2804&version=19990AB280497AMD)
4. **07/24/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2804&version=19990AB280495CHP)
5. **AB2804** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2804)
6. **07/06/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2804&version=19990AB280496ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2804 Papan O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2804 PAPAN CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 195, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 1. Page 5495.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6465.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-29** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2000-02-28** Joint Rule 54 suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/b168eef4-37ab-4cef-9a6f-768563689fee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).