---
type: "Bill"
title: "Witnesses: conditional examinations."
description: "Witnesses: conditional examinations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1158"
citation: "California AB 1158 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Witnesses: conditional examinations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benoit"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2008-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cf249a1-2670-490a-86b2-fc63afd39e4e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1158"
source_hash: "f77a461e97a63bb3829721ca437eb2187bc042e075d52d9c516f5a08a58f24f2"
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 1158 (20072008) — Witnesses: conditional examinations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1158&version=20070AB115899INT)
2. **01/17/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1158&version=20070AB115897AMD)
3. **01/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1158&version=20070AB115896AMD)
4. **03/28/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1158&version=20070AB115898AMD)
5. **05/16/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1158&version=20070AB115894CHP)
6. **AB1158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1158)
7. **05/02/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1158&version=20070AB115895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1158 BENOIT Consent Calendar First Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #24 AB1158 Benoit By Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Benoit — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-01-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (January 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3883.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3642.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-05-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:50 a.m.
- **2008-05-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-05-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 14, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cf249a1-2670-490a-86b2-fc63afd39e4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).