---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure."
description: "Criminal procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 383"
citation: "California AB 383 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0d21309-2372-43ab-a1fe-4c8952de6f2d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB383"
source_hash: "8db2f7a2103b45c7f1b18a2c0fa70f318eb01d723c5a87b4caa76b12c9dea8f5"
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 383 (20032004) — Criminal procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB383&version=20030AB38399INT)
2. **03/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB383&version=20030AB38398AMD)
3. **07/02/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB383&version=20030AB38396CHP)
4. **AB383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB383)
5. **06/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB383&version=20030AB38397ENR)

## Votes

- ab 383 cohn consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent #16 ab383 cohn by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 29, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1456.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1035.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-24** 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`
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/e0d21309-2372-43ab-a1fe-4c8952de6f2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).