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type: "Bill"
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title: "Examining children as witnesses."
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description: "Existing law authorizes a court in a criminal proceeding, upon written notice by the prosecutor made at least 3 days prior to the date of the preliminary hearing or trial date on which the testimony of the minor is scheduled or during the course of the proceeding on the court's own motion, to order that the testimony of a minor 13 years of age or younger at the time of the motion be taken by contemporaneous examination and cross-examination in another place and out of the presence of the judge, jury, defendant or defendants, and attorneys, and communicated to the courtroom by means of closed-circuit television, if the court makes specified findings. One of the findings existing law requires is that the minor's testimony will involve a recitation of the facts of specified crimes, including an alleged violent felony of which the minor is a victim."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 176"
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citation: "California SB 176 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Examining children as witnesses."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-08-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e049565-9924-483b-b3ce-9674a4916af8"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB176"
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source_hash: "464af51b1ae87267f7625648a1c18a8044106837a3c506c27d55aa38b8774d18"
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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 SB 176 (20152016) — Examining children as witnesses.
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Existing law authorizes a court in a criminal proceeding, upon written notice by the prosecutor made at least 3 days prior to the date of the preliminary hearing or trial date on which the testimony of the minor is scheduled or during the course of the proceeding on the court's own motion, to order that the testimony of a minor 13 years of age or younger at the time of the motion be taken by contemporaneous examination and cross-examination in another place and out of the presence of the judge, jury, defendant or defendants, and attorneys, and communicated to the courtroom by means of closed-circuit television, if the court makes specified findings. One of the findings existing law requires is that the minor's testimony will involve a recitation of the facts of specified crimes, including an alleged violent felony of which the minor is a victim.
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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. **02/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB176&version=20150SB17699INT)
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2. **03/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB176&version=20150SB17698AMD)
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3. **07/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB176&version=20150SB17697AMD)
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4. **08/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB176&version=20150SB17695CHP)
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5. **SB176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB176)
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6. **07/10/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB176&version=20150SB17696ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB176 Mitchell Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 176 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By LACKEY — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Anderson — author (person)
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- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
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- Chu — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Hall — coauthor (person)
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- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
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- Huff — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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- Waldron — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2015-02-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-06** Set for hearing March 24.
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- **2015-03-10** March 24 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-03-12** Set for hearing April 7.
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- **2015-03-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 507.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 558.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-02** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-02** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2015-07-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2258.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-07-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-07-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-07-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
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- **2015-08-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-08-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 155, Statutes of 2015.
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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/9e049565-9924-483b-b3ce-9674a4916af8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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