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Bill Criminal procedure: discovery. Existing law provides that no discovery shall occur in criminal cases except as provided by statute or as mandated by the Constitution of the United States. Under existing law, a defendant and his or her attorney are required to disclose to the prosecuting attorney any reports or statements of experts made in connection with the case, including the results of physical or mental examinations, scientific tests, experiments, or comparisons which the defendant intends to offer in evidence at the trial. us/states/ca California Legislature 20092010 AB 1516 California AB 1516 (20092010)
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California AB 1516 (20092010) — Criminal procedure: discovery.

Existing law provides that no discovery shall occur in criminal cases except as provided by statute or as mandated by the Constitution of the United States. Under existing law, a defendant and his or her attorney are required to disclose to the prosecuting attorney any reports or statements of experts made in connection with the case, including the results of physical or mental examinations, scientific tests, experiments, or comparisons which the defendant intends to offer in evidence at the trial.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/27/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/20/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/29/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 07/16/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  5. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. AB1516 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/08/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 1516 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
  • AB 1516 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
  • Assembly 3rd Reading AB1516 Lieu By Benoit — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lieu — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2009-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
  • 2009-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
  • 2009-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
  • 2009-04-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2009-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2009-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2009-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2009-05-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-05-26 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1663.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2009-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2009-06-29 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, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
  • 2009-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2009-07-16 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-08-31 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2010.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2009-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2009-09-02 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2889.)
  • 2009-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2912.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2009-09-10 Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
  • 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 297, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a4fd0dfd-0fda-42fa-b3dd-c1421fa975fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).