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type: "Bill"
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title: "Contempt: jurors."
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description: "Existing law provides that it is contempt of court, a misdemeanor, for a juror to wilfully disobey a court admonishment related to the prohibition on any form of communication or research about the case, including all forms of electronic or wireless communication or research."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 2683"
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citation: "California AB 2683 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Contempt: jurors."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2014-02-21"
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last_action: "2014-07-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df10f4bd-22fe-4833-afed-2493a6a15a1b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2683"
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source_hash: "af88ad28f2d904a7796b25e8d4fb4d3e33135aef774125d51ea8b3bab04e4702"
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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 2683 (20132014) — Contempt: jurors.
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Existing law provides that it is contempt of court, a misdemeanor, for a juror to wilfully disobey a court admonishment related to the prohibition on any form of communication or research about the case, including all forms of electronic or wireless communication or research.
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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. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2683&version=20130AB268399INT)
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2. **07/08/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2683&version=20130AB268397CHP)
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3. **AB2683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2683)
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4. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2683&version=20130AB268398ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2683 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent #17 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cooley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
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- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4765.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2014-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2014-06-18** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4147.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
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- **2014-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 99, Statutes of 2014.
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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/df10f4bd-22fe-4833-afed-2493a6a15a1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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