---
type: "Bill"
title: "Diversion: developmentally disabled defendants."
description: "Diversion: developmentally disabled defendants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1956"
citation: "California AB 1956 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Diversion: developmentally disabled defendants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-12"
last_action: "2004-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23c30ee6-1f4b-419e-91ee-a3d48d342d34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1956"
source_hash: "22936c196111bd7cff79630ca29ae35f7e55128da8a0b9619ad552b6fd96a1ee"
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 1956 (20032004) — Diversion: developmentally disabled defendants.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1956&version=20030AB195699INT)
2. **03/18/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1956&version=20030AB195698AMD)
3. **04/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1956&version=20030AB195697AMD)
4. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1956&version=20030AB195696AMD)
5. **08/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1956&version=20030AB195694CHP)
6. **AB1956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1956)
7. **08/09/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1956&version=20030AB195695ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1956 wolk by bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1956 wolk consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)
- Bowen — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 290, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4835.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5435.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 23). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-18** 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`
- **2004-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2004-02-12** 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/23c30ee6-1f4b-419e-91ee-a3d48d342d34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).