Victims of sex crimes: testimony: video recording.
Existing law provides that when a defendant has been charged with certain sex crimes, including rape and sodomy, and the victim is a person 15 years of age or less or is developmentally disabled as a result of an intellectual disability, when the defendant has been charged with spousal rape or corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition upon certain persons, or when the defendant is charged with certain sex crimes, including rape and sodomy, that are committed with or upon a person with a disability, the prosecution may apply for an order that the victim's testimony at the preliminary hearing be recorded and preserved on videotape.
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20132014
AB 1900
California AB 1900 (20132014)
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Victims of sex crimes: testimony: video recording.
California AB 1900 (20132014) — Victims of sex crimes: testimony: video recording.
Existing law provides that when a defendant has been charged with certain sex crimes, including rape and sodomy, and the victim is a person 15 years of age or less or is developmentally disabled as a result of an intellectual disability, when the defendant has been charged with spousal rape or corporal injury resulting in a traumatic condition upon certain persons, or when the defendant is charged with certain sex crimes, including rape and sodomy, that are committed with or upon a person with a disability, the prosecution may apply for an order that the victim's testimony at the preliminary hearing be recorded and preserved on videotape.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1900 QUIRK Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Quirk — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-03-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-03-27 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2014-04-09 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-04-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4599.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-08 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-06-25 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2014-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4256.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2014-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2014-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 160, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef613818-616a-4191-ac7e-4b99d6513629. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).