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Bill	Falsifying evidence.	Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to willfully destroy or conceal any book, paper record, instrument in writing, or other matter or thing knowing that it is about to be produced in evidence in a trial, inquiry, or investigation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 256	California AB 256 (20152016)	bill	Falsifying evidence.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	7	27	8	2015-02-09	2015-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/31900334-93e8-4591-8fcb-bc8578249903	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB256	8014516b253533f3c7cc483dd4ea67484ded3fadd9320b2fcac1e8c78b52ff94	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 256 (20152016) — Falsifying evidence.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to willfully destroy or conceal any book, paper record, instrument in writing, or other matter or thing knowing that it is about to be produced in evidence in a trial, inquiry, or investigation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/03/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB256 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/09/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB256 Jones-Sawyer By Leyva — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 256 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 256 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2015-02-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-03-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-07 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1256.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1374.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-06-16 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2396.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-03 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2859.)
• 2015-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2908.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 463, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31900334-93e8-4591-8fcb-bc8578249903. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).