---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure."
description: "Criminal procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 99"
citation: "California AB 99 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-01-09"
last_action: "2004-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a99bf1-225f-412b-a3b2-7cfd7ef449e5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99"
source_hash: "63ede0eba94358d3f33396b1bd57360f9f9e25de1eda567491462f2454b39ed0"
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 99 (20032004) — Criminal procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99&version=20030AB9999INT)
2. **02/11/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99&version=20030AB9998AMD)
3. **06/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99&version=20030AB9997AMD)
4. **07/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99&version=20030AB9996AMD)
5. **07/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99&version=20030AB9995AMD)
6. **08/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99&version=20030AB9993CHP)
7. **AB99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99)
8. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB99&version=20030AB9994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 99 cox concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab99 cox by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 99 la suer consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 7088.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 1. Page 4790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-21** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** 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`
- **2003-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **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 1036.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (February 25). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-11** 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`
- **2003-01-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2003-01-09** 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/d2a99bf1-225f-412b-a3b2-7cfd7ef449e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).