republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-20.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Obscene matter: minors."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits the production, distribution, and production of any representation of information, data, or image, as specified, of any obscene matter that depicts a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or personally simulating sexual conduct, as defined. Violations of these provisions are crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 20"
citation: "California AB 20 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Obscene matter: minors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Waldron"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1607480-a8fc-4672-8e1e-073d54cfd823"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB20"
source_hash: "fb5f120834fdd123e424dafe3518ded41ba13d60b468df2923f465ca52186542"
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 20 (20132014) — Obscene matter: minors.

Existing law generally prohibits the production, distribution, and production of any representation of information, data, or image, as specified, of any obscene matter that depicts a person under 18 years of age personally engaging in or personally simulating sexual conduct, as defined. Violations of these provisions are crimes.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB20&version=20130AB2099INT)
2. **02/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB20&version=20130AB2098AMD)
3. **05/29/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB20&version=20130AB2097AMD)
4. **06/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB20&version=20130AB2096AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB20&version=20130AB2094CHP)
6. **AB20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB20)
7. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB20&version=20130AB2095ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB20 Waldron By Block — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 20 WALDRON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 20 WALDRON Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Waldron — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2013-01-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-25** 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`
- **2013-02-26** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 701.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1686.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2458.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1607480-a8fc-4672-8e1e-073d54cfd823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).