---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure."
description: "Criminal procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1304"
citation: "California AB 1304 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rod Pacheco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da474265-b6c4-434d-a888-9b004ee513fe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1304"
source_hash: "7943eba39f8208a587e12ede2a55592749c1e4c074ed6fd29a445feff274e8e8"
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 1304 (20012002) — Criminal procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1304&version=20010AB130499INT)
2. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1304&version=20010AB130498AMD)
3. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1304&version=20010AB130497AMD)
4. **09/04/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1304&version=20010AB130495CHP)
5. **AB1304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1304)
6. **08/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1304&version=20010AB130496ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1304 Pacheco,Rod Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB1304 Rod Pacheco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1304 Pacheco,Rod Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rod Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 231, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3079.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2171.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-09** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1685.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da474265-b6c4-434d-a888-9b004ee513fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).