---
type: "Bill"
title: "Subpoenas: personal records."
description: "Subpoenas: personal records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 794"
citation: "California AB 794 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Subpoenas: personal records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b29b84ee-ac66-46cc-8bcf-123fd63390a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794"
source_hash: "656cd28cd3a2e7bbb8ac85b6aa45507d4a6048c033997305399fc113a3a328ae"
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 794 (19992000) — Subpoenas: personal records.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794&version=19990AB79499INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794&version=19990AB79498AMD)
3. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794&version=19990AB79497AMD)
4. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794&version=19990AB79496AMD)
5. **06/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794&version=19990AB79495AMD)
6. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794&version=19990AB79494AMD)
7. **09/21/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794&version=19990AB79492CHP)
8. **AB794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794)
9. **08/31/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB794&version=19990AB79493ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB794 Corbett By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 444, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3675.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2674.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **1999-08-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1523.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** 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`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** 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`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/b29b84ee-ac66-46cc-8bcf-123fd63390a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).