republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-403.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney-client privilege."
description: "Attorney-client privilege."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 403"
citation: "California AB 403 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney-client privilege."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tran"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-15"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1f1ce97-fcc8-49eb-800d-ec55f08b29ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403"
source_hash: "4fbd1babd24b946ece9851663a387d87788d3c0e8326ae2391e329a3953b0b8a"
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 403 (20072008) — Attorney-client privilege.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403&version=20070AB40399INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403&version=20070AB40398AMD)
3. **04/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403&version=20070AB40397AMD)
4. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403&version=20070AB40396AMD)
5. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403&version=20070AB40395AMD)
6. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403&version=20070AB40393CHP)
7. **AB403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403)
8. **09/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB403&version=20070AB40394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 403 TRAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 403 TRAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #15 AB403 Tran — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1476.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-03** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2123.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2863.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 388, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1f1ce97-fcc8-49eb-800d-ec55f08b29ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).