republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-593.md

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Bill	Hearsay: admissibility of statements.	Existing law, known as the "hearsay rule," provides that, at a hearing, evidence of a statement that was made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing and that is offered to prove the truth of the matter stated is inadmissible. Existing law also provides exceptions to the hearsay rule to permit the admission of specified kinds of evidence. Existing law provides that evidence of a statement that is offered against a party who has engaged, or aided and abetted, in wrongdoing that was intended to, and did, procure the unavailability of the declarant as a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule, as specified. Existing law would repeal this exception on January 1, 2016.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 593	California AB 593 (20152016)	bill	Hearsay: admissibility of statements.	enacted	Levine	4	16	4	2015-02-24	2015-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d75cde0a-c07a-4fcc-a248-f6a74e9fbff4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB593	d70cc9b2b5e9d0dc74ef235249cc1c220bcd42e50836658f61570fce533dd3e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 593 (20152016) — Hearsay: admissibility of statements.

Existing law, known as the "hearsay rule," provides that, at a hearing, evidence of a statement that was made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing and that is offered to prove the truth of the matter stated is inadmissible. Existing law also provides exceptions to the hearsay rule to permit the admission of specified kinds of evidence. Existing law provides that evidence of a statement that is offered against a party who has engaged, or aided and abetted, in wrongdoing that was intended to, and did, procure the unavailability of the declarant as a witness is not made inadmissible by the hearsay rule, as specified. Existing law would repeal this exception on January 1, 2016.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/06/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB593 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent #3 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 593 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2015-03-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 885.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-06-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1550.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-06-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2015-07-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 55, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d75cde0a-c07a-4fcc-a248-f6a74e9fbff4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).