---
type: "Bill"
title: "Juries: peace officers."
description: "Juries: peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 513"
citation: "California AB 513 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Juries: peace officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthews"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ea61244-96ca-479e-8e06-0a3ce0397ad8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB513"
source_hash: "b27aa65c8965dcf65bec3bd94deb3616fbc5adfcd73c7996afe13bb6663a63dc"
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 513 (20032004) — Juries: peace officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB513&version=20030AB51399INT)
2. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB513&version=20030AB51398AMD)
3. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB513&version=20030AB51396CHP)
4. **AB513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB513)
5. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB513&version=20030AB51397ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on public safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on judiciary to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab513 matthews by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- matthews consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthews — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 353, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2198.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1731.)
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1987.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** 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`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** 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/4ea61244-96ca-479e-8e06-0a3ce0397ad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).