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type: "Bill"
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title: "Evidence: admissibility of statements."
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description: "(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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 1723"
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citation: "California AB 1723 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Evidence: admissibility of statements."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2010-02-03"
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last_action: "2010-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bee598c-c31d-46ef-9f2c-96168f95ab70"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723"
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source_hash: "fd0b99a314ef0994b0cd539157566fd85acd1fc1133e36a4965e59396f2a247f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1723 (20092010) — Evidence: admissibility of statements.
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(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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/03/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172399INT)
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2. **04/08/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172398AMD)
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3. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172397AMD)
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4. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172395CHP)
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5. **AB1723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723)
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6. **08/17/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1723&version=20090AB172396ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1723 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1723 Lieu By Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1723 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lieu — primary (person)
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- Emmerson — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2010-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2010-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
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- **2010-02-11** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-03-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2010-03-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2010-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **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`
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- **2010-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-04-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4794.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-06-22** In committee: Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
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- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2010-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4459.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2010-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6218.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
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- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2010.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bee598c-c31d-46ef-9f2c-96168f95ab70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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