---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal proceedings: persons with disabilities."
description: "Criminal proceedings: persons with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 77"
citation: "California AB 77 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal proceedings: persons with disabilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-01-04"
last_action: "2001-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5365e0ab-d474-47e0-b8b0-514305e596af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB77"
source_hash: "27f9543cb837dad2a9d6166c6751a4a9e003d09c6b702840fbedbd3ec98835ce"
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 77 (20012002) — Criminal proceedings: persons with disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB77&version=20010AB7799INT)
2. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB77&version=20010AB7798AMD)
3. **06/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB77&version=20010AB7797AMD)
4. **07/16/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB77&version=20010AB7795CHP)
5. **AB77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB77)
6. **06/29/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB77&version=20010AB7796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #17 AB77 Havice — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 77 Havice Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 77 Havice Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-06-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2590.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-06-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1650.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1261.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-04-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.). `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2001-01-04** 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/5365e0ab-d474-47e0-b8b0-514305e596af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).