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type: "Bill"
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title: "Witness testimony: support persons."
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description: "Existing law authorizes a prosecuting witness in cases involving specified crimes, including, among others, murder, kidnapping, robbery, assault, and rape, to have up to 2 persons of his or her own choosing for support at a preliminary hearing and at trial, or at a juvenile court proceeding, during the testimony of the prosecuting witness."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "SB 1091"
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citation: "California SB 1091 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Witness testimony: support persons."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2012-02-15"
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last_action: "2012-07-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8ed04e3-d37c-4d04-b8e2-872e335b9ab2"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1091"
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source_hash: "1ca930c1f522a1e8f714f36ed6e4d062d1df963994c1246a2d9c1bcf0333e4a2"
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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 SB 1091 (20112012) — Witness testimony: support persons.
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Existing law authorizes a prosecuting witness in cases involving specified crimes, including, among others, murder, kidnapping, robbery, assault, and rape, to have up to 2 persons of his or her own choosing for support at a preliminary hearing and at trial, or at a juvenile court proceeding, during the testimony of the prosecuting witness.
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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. **02/15/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1091&version=20110SB109199INT)
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2. **07/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1091&version=20110SB109197CHP)
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3. **SB1091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1091)
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4. **07/03/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1091&version=20110SB109198ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1091 Pavley Consent Calendar Second Day — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Pavley — primary (person)
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- Lieu — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2012-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-03-13** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3208.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3241.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5564.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-07-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2012-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2012.
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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/c8ed04e3-d37c-4d04-b8e2-872e335b9ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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