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Bill	Evidence: admissibility of statements.	(1) Existing law defines "unavailable as a witness," for purposes of the Evidence Code, to mean that the declarant is, among other things, exempted or precluded on the ground of privilege, disqualified, dead, or absent for a specified reason.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1723	California AB 1723 (20092010)	bill	Evidence: admissibility of statements.	enacted	Lieu	6	22	5	2010-02-03	2010-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/5bee598c-c31d-46ef-9f2c-96168f95ab70	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723	fd0b99a314ef0994b0cd539157566fd85acd1fc1133e36a4965e59396f2a247f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1723 (20092010) — Evidence: admissibility of statements.

(1) Existing law defines "unavailable as a witness," for purposes of the Evidence Code, to mean that the declarant is, among other things, exempted or precluded on the ground of privilege, disqualified, dead, or absent for a specified reason.

Version chain

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

1. 02/03/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/02/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1723 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1723 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1723 Lieu By Emmerson — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1723 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lieu — primary (person)
• Emmerson — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-02-04 From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
• 2010-02-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2010-03-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-03-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2010-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-04-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4794.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-05-06 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2010-06-22 In committee: Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
• 2010-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-08-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-11 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4459.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6218.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-08-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
• 2010-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bee598c-c31d-46ef-9f2c-96168f95ab70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).