republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1250.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Privileged communications: official information: identity of informer."
description: "Existing law provides that a public entity has a privilege to refuse to disclose the identity of a person who has furnished information purporting to disclose a violation of a law of the United States or of the State of California or of a public entity in the state, and to prevent another from disclosing the identity of that person, as specified. Under existing law, the privilege applies only if the information is furnished in confidence to a law enforcement officer, to a representative of an administrative agency charged with the administration or enforcement of the law alleged to be violated, or to a person for the purpose of transmitting the information to a law enforcement officer or representative of an administrative agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1250"
citation: "California AB 1250 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Privileged communications: official information: identity of informer."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perea"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d17b28-d802-4619-896e-3f2aa8a769b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1250"
source_hash: "63133c6587e7b48e044e4d8b25de288d68b5e2d66ac3dd3289bee0250a9aaac9"
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 1250 (20132014) — Privileged communications: official information: identity of informer.

Existing law provides that a public entity has a privilege to refuse to disclose the identity of a person who has furnished information purporting to disclose a violation of a law of the United States or of the State of California or of a public entity in the state, and to prevent another from disclosing the identity of that person, as specified. Under existing law, the privilege applies only if the information is furnished in confidence to a law enforcement officer, to a representative of an administrative agency charged with the administration or enforcement of the law alleged to be violated, or to a person for the purpose of transmitting the information to a law enforcement officer or representative of an administrative agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1250&version=20130AB125099INT)
2. **04/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1250&version=20130AB125098AMD)
3. **04/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1250&version=20130AB125097AMD)
4. **06/24/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1250&version=20130AB125095CHP)
5. **AB1250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1250)
6. **06/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1250&version=20130AB125096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1250 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1250 Perea By Cannella — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Perea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-04-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1115.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1273.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 19, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d17b28-d802-4619-896e-3f2aa8a769b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).