---
type: "Bill"
title: "Evidence: admissibility of creative expressions."
description: "Existing law permits a court to exclude evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by specified factors, including the probability that its admission will create substantial danger of undue prejudice. Existing law permits a court to hear and determine the question of admissibility of evidence out of the presence or hearing of the jury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2799"
citation: "California AB 2799 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidence: admissibility of creative expressions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ea7144-4f8f-4168-89e3-ac1257d42c61"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2799"
source_hash: "927dd12266fb1531f2a956cec51e7f5fd2657d70b73e3993cbccaf25c744f4eb"
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 2799 (20212022) — Evidence: admissibility of creative expressions.

Existing law permits a court to exclude evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by specified factors, including the probability that its admission will create substantial danger of undue prejudice. Existing law permits a court to hear and determine the question of admissibility of evidence out of the presence or hearing of the jury.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2799&version=20210AB279999INT)
2. **03/10/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2799&version=20210AB279998AMD)
3. **06/06/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2799&version=20210AB279997AMD)
4. **08/09/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2799&version=20210AB279996AMD)
5. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2799&version=20210AB279994CHP)
6. **AB2799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2799)
7. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2799&version=20210AB279995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2799 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2799 Jones-Sawyer By Bradford — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2799 Jones-Sawyer Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4576.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-08** From Special Consent Calendar.
- **2022-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4907.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5989.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 973, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92ea7144-4f8f-4168-89e3-ac1257d42c61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).