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Bill	DNA evidence: Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights.	DNA evidence: Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 898	California AB 898 (20032004)	bill	DNA evidence: Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights.	enacted	Chu	9	24	8	2003-02-20	2003-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5eaf70c0-f224-4766-bfb2-fd1d772eaef1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB898	c3db70302a9510debb874aad846e25163ea21c6960c929b7fd722adfcfc1c8e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 898 (20032004) — DNA evidence: Sexual Assault Victims' DNA Bill of Rights.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/02/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/26/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/18/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/26/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB898 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 898 chu assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent cale ab898 chu by figueroa — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 898 chu concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chu — primary (person)
• Alpert — coauthor (person)
• Bates — coauthor (person)
• Berg — coauthor (person)
• Bowen — coauthor (person)
• Chan — coauthor (person)
• Cohn — coauthor (person)
• Corbett — coauthor (person)
• Daucher — coauthor (person)
• Diaz — coauthor (person)
• Escutia — coauthor (person)
• Figueroa — coauthor (person)
• Frommer — coauthor (person)
• Goldberg — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Houston — coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Karnette — coauthor (person)
• Kehoe — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)
• Liu — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Matthews — coauthor (person)
• Maze — coauthor (person)
• Montanez — coauthor (person)
• Nation — coauthor (person)
• Oropeza — coauthor (person)
• Pavley Runner — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Shirley Horton — coauthor (person)
• Speier — coauthor (person)
• Wiggins — coauthor (person)
• Wolk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-17 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2003-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3573.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2003-09-04 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2350.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-08-18 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2003-08-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-14 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-06-26 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-19 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2003-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-06-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2235.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-06-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-06-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 5.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. (Corrected June 5. ) amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-04-02 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 1). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-03-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-03-03 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2003-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2003-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5eaf70c0-f224-4766-bfb2-fd1d772eaef1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).