republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1219.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal procedure: identity."
description: "Criminal procedure: identity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1219"
citation: "California AB 1219 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal procedure: identity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0a92ccd-39b4-447b-8a1d-197baa3a5b33"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219"
source_hash: "97491cc4d76a05a9c5538e508e6af6f8c0ab8c1b1ed322b74baea48c18e31fc6"
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 1219 (20012002) — Criminal procedure: identity.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219&version=20010AB121999INT)
2. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219&version=20010AB121998AMD)
3. **05/10/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219&version=20010AB121997AMD)
4. **05/24/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219&version=20010AB121996AMD)
5. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219&version=20010AB121995AMD)
6. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219&version=20010AB121994AMD)
7. **09/25/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219&version=20010AB121992CHP)
8. **AB1219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219)
9. **08/22/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1219&version=20010AB121993ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1219 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1219 Simitian By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1219 Frommer Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Frommer — principal coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7899.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5555.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 29. Page 2323.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1005.). `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0a92ccd-39b4-447b-8a1d-197baa3a5b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).