---
type: "Bill"
title: "Admissibility of evidence."
description: "Admissibility of evidence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2033"
citation: "California AB 2033 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Admissibility of evidence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad451721-5768-44d1-85e4-d9c1c6077c3b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2033"
source_hash: "438cee775ee052838679b6e1c2bce3b31cabf037b0387e636438fce165e8384f"
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 2033 (20012002) — Admissibility of evidence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2033&version=20010AB203399INT)
2. **04/04/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2033&version=20010AB203398AMD)
3. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2033&version=20010AB203397AMD)
4. **07/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2033&version=20010AB203395CHP)
5. **AB2033** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2033)
6. **06/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2033&version=20010AB203396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2033 Pacheco,Robert Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2033 Robert Pache — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2033 Pacheco,Robert Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 124, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2002-06-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4867.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5515.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2002-02-15** 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/ad451721-5768-44d1-85e4-d9c1c6077c3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).