---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney-client confidences."
description: "Attorney-client confidences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1101"
citation: "California AB 1101 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney-client confidences."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21f00d96-fc07-4ce8-a1e3-3148492a1015"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1101"
source_hash: "bf1438cf2b78ac98a67ce6801a3d31f380bfc7ea8c4d95b8544070b91573a1a8"
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 1101 (20032004) — Attorney-client confidences.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1101&version=20030AB110199INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1101&version=20030AB110198AMD)
3. **07/10/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1101&version=20030AB110197AMD)
4. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1101&version=20030AB110195CHP)
5. **AB1101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1101)
6. **08/25/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1101&version=20030AB110196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1101 steinberg consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1101 steinberg by ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1101 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — principal coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Ordered returned to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2003-09-05** Withdrawn from Enrollment. Held at Desk.
- **2003-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3121.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 1952.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1394.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/21f00d96-fc07-4ce8-a1e3-3148492a1015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).