---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence: admissibility of statements."
description: "(1) Existing law defines \"unavailable as a witness,\" for purposes of the Evidence Code, to mean that the declarant is, among other things, exempted or precluded on the ground of privilege, disqualified, dead, or absent for a specified reason."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1723"
citation: "California AB 1723 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidence: admissibility of statements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-03"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bee598c-c31d-46ef-9f2c-96168f95ab70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723"
source_hash: "fd0b99a314ef0994b0cd539157566fd85acd1fc1133e36a4965e59396f2a247f"
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 1723 (20092010) — Evidence: admissibility of statements.

(1) Existing law defines "unavailable as a witness," for purposes of the Evidence Code, to mean that the declarant is, among other things, exempted or precluded on the ground of privilege, disqualified, dead, or absent for a specified reason.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172399INT)
2. **04/08/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172398AMD)
3. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172397AMD)
4. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172395CHP)
5. **AB1723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723)
6. **08/17/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1723 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1723 Lieu By Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1723 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)
- Emmerson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-03-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4794.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** In committee: Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4459.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6218.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bee598c-c31d-46ef-9f2c-96168f95ab70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).