---
type: "Bill"
title: "DNA evidence: Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights."
description: "DNA evidence: Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 898"
citation: "California AB 898 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DNA evidence: Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5eaf70c0-f224-4766-bfb2-fd1d772eaef1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898"
source_hash: "c3db70302a9510debb874aad846e25163ea21c6960c929b7fd722adfcfc1c8e7"
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 898 (20032004) — DNA evidence: Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights.

## 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=200320040AB898&version=20030AB89899INT)
2. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898&version=20030AB89898AMD)
3. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898&version=20030AB89897AMD)
4. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898&version=20030AB89896AMD)
5. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898&version=20030AB89895AMD)
6. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898&version=20030AB89894AMD)
7. **09/26/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898&version=20030AB89892CHP)
8. **AB898** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898)
9. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898&version=20030AB89893ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 898 chu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab898 chu by figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 898 chu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Daucher — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Montanez — coauthor (person)
- Nation — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Pavley Runner — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shirley Horton — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3573.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2350.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2235.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 5.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. (Corrected June 5. ) `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations 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.
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/5eaf70c0-f224-4766-bfb2-fd1d772eaef1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).