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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal procedure: testimony of law enforcement officers."
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description: "Existing law, as amended by Proposition 115, approved by the voters at the June 5, 1990, statewide primary election, authorizes a finding of probable cause to be based in whole or in part upon the sworn testimony of a law enforcement officer or honorably retired law enforcement officer relating the statements of declarants made out of court offered for the truth of the matter asserted. Under existing law that officer is required to have 5 years law enforcement experience or completed specified training. Existing law provides for amendment of these provisions by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature."
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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 568"
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citation: "California AB 568 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal procedure: testimony of law enforcement officers."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2013-02-20"
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last_action: "2013-08-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6169c375-3e76-4916-ac1a-77bdf6968454"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB568"
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source_hash: "724896f23cd5a0f096ed8488abe45854fed9bcbdc87b63acc626c1fd8cfba729"
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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 568 (20132014) — Criminal procedure: testimony of law enforcement officers.
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Existing law, as amended by Proposition 115, approved by the voters at the June 5, 1990, statewide primary election, authorizes a finding of probable cause to be based in whole or in part upon the sworn testimony of a law enforcement officer or honorably retired law enforcement officer relating the statements of declarants made out of court offered for the truth of the matter asserted. Under existing law that officer is required to have 5 years law enforcement experience or completed specified training. Existing law provides for amendment of these provisions by a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature.
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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. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB568&version=20130AB56899INT)
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2. **08/19/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB568&version=20130AB56897CHP)
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3. **AB568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB568)
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4. **08/08/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB568&version=20130AB56898ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB568 Muratsuchi By Lieu — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 568 MURATSUCHI Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Muratsuchi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1508.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2013-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1687.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:40 p.m.
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- **2013-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2013.
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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/6169c375-3e76-4916-ac1a-77bdf6968454`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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