---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure."
description: "Criminal procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1273"
citation: "California AB 1273 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakanishi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1c94edf-836d-4665-9425-1ef5179a4179"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1273"
source_hash: "ee446f95e897efd089ab12844fa2584edbfecc6bc41656ca28fa49f1ac4a9092"
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 1273 (20032004) — Criminal procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1273&version=20030AB127399INT)
2. **05/01/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1273&version=20030AB127398AMD)
3. **07/28/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1273&version=20030AB127396CHP)
4. **AB1273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1273)
5. **07/15/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1273&version=20030AB127397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #19 ab1273 nakanishi — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1273 nakanishi consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakanishi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 133, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2003-07-16** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1827.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1708.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/e1c94edf-836d-4665-9425-1ef5179a4179`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).