---
type: "Bill"
title: "Witnesses."
description: "Existing law provides that a prosecuting witness in the prosecution of a case involving murder, kidnapping, and certain sex offenses, among other specified offenses, is entitled, for support, to the attendance of up to 2 persons of his or her own choosing at the preliminary hearing and at the trial or juvenile court proceeding during the testimony of the prosecuting witness, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 130"
citation: "California SB 130 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Witnesses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-01-23"
last_action: "2013-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cbf2793-ad9c-4c19-89b2-f1b581686116"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB130"
source_hash: "e761cb8c29e2a148bc9c8d5f558ec3533a751259c9003de58a8c05c4a68708b4"
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 SB 130 (20132014) — Witnesses.

Existing law provides that a prosecuting witness in the prosecution of a case involving murder, kidnapping, and certain sex offenses, among other specified offenses, is entitled, for support, to the attendance of up to 2 persons of his or her own choosing at the preliminary hearing and at the trial or juvenile court proceeding during the testimony of the prosecuting witness, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB130&version=20130SB13099INT)
2. **04/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB130&version=20130SB13098AMD)
3. **06/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB130&version=20130SB13096CHP)
4. **SB130** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB130)
5. **06/24/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB130&version=20130SB13097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 130 Corbett Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — author (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
- **2013-01-31** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 467.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-18** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-04-18** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-24** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 711.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2109.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-20** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2013-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 44, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cbf2793-ad9c-4c19-89b2-f1b581686116`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).